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Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century

byJennifer Homans

Dance critic Jennifer Homans presents George Balanchine's life as inseparable from the artistic and political upheavals of the twentieth century. Imperial Russia, revolution, European exile, Broadway, Hollywood, and New York City shaped the choreographer who helped create American ballet. The biography examines his companies, collaborators, marriages, muses, teaching, spiritual beliefs, and demanding methods alongside close readings of dances. Homans celebrates Balanchine's formal innovation while confronting the power he exercised over women and institutions, offering a complex portrait of art, desire, discipline, and cultural reinvention.

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780812994308