FOLLOWING BALANCHINE by Garis, Robert - 1995

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300061781; This is a large book and is not eligible for Priority, Air or International under standard fees. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Name & date of ffep. Dozens of scattered pages have very minor markings - thin red ink underlining and light yellow highlighting; remainder of text is almost as new. Very minor edge wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 10-1/4" Tall, 260pp. Light brown cloth, red spine lettering. DANCE. "The ballets of George Balanchine are among the great theatrical achievements of the twentieth century. In this extraordinary book, a sensitive and longtime observer describes his experience with and reactions to Balanchine's choreography. Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated with scenes from the ballets, the book is both a major contribution to dance criticism and an absorbing chronicle of engagement with the work of a great artist. Garis explores how Balanchine built a repertory, how and why he chose his dancers, and why his ballets attracted audiences that were both elite and general. He discusses Balanchine's wokk with two diametrically different dancers, Violette Verdy and Suzanne Farrell, who both inspired major ballets. By testing and retesting his own reactions, by comparing different dancers in the same role and the work of the same dancer in different roles, by describing many ballets in precise but nontechnical detail, Garis invites you to share his delight in 'judging art in order to form and express an identity'. " Index. Dozens of b/w photos. .