Dancers
Dancers and Choreographers: A Selected Bibliography by Leslie Getz. Paperback, 305 pages, 60 black & white illustrations.
This extensive bibliography, focusing exclusively on the history of ballet and modern dance, covers the full range of 20th century English language dance book literature and scholarly periodicals from the U.S., Great Britain, Canada and Australia.
The Dancers' Body Book by Allegra Kent with James and Constance Cannell. Paperback, 220 pages, 45 black & white photographs.
Former New York City Ballet principal dancer, Allegra Kent, discloses the health, exercise, weight-watching, relaxation and cooking secrets of some of the world's greatest dancers, including Jacques d'Amboise, Merrill Ashley, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Fernando Bujones, Suzanne Farrell, Darci Kistler, Patricia McBride, Edward Villella, Heather Watts, and many others.
Dance Lovers Quotations, edited by Helen Exley. Hardcover, 54 pages, full color illustrations.
Striking a Balance: Dancers Talk about Dancing (Revised Edition) by Barbara Newman. Paperback, 436 pages, 25 black &
white photographs.
Twenty-five internationally known dancers—including Alicia Alonso, Merrill Ashley, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Tanaquil LeClercq, Peter Martins, and Lynn Seymour—discuss how they strike a balance between the demand of art and personal life, between public triumph and private doubts, between ballet's grand tradition and the pursuit of individual style. Included too are new interviews with Nina Ananiashvili, Niels Born Larsen, Christine Sarry, and the late Nora Kaye.