Mr. B
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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • “A fascinating read about a true genius and his unrelenting thirst for beauty in art and in life.”—MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography and the Marfield Prize for Arts Writing • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles…
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A brilliant, exhaustive biography of one of the most important figures in the history of Western ballet and the godfather of American classical ballet.
Homans studied every conceivable source of written information about Balanchine, both published and unpublished, interviewed everyone who could contribute anything to her understanding of him, and went everywhere that had been important in his life, including Georgia in the Caucasus and Russia.
She informs her exhaustive documentation with a professional dancer’s nuanced and deep understanding and appreciation of Balanchine’s towering balletic legacy.
The result is an unforgettable portrait of a man and a great artist for…
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