George Balanchine, Ballet Master: A Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0394539060
- ISBN-13
- 9780394539065
- Category
- Choreographers
- Pages
- 409
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Authors
- Richard Buckle, John Taras
Description
A portrait of one of the greatest choreographers of all time chronicles his career as a dance student in Russia, his work with Diaghilev and on Broadway, and his founding of the School of American Ballet and The New York City Ballet
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