The Cage: Dancing for Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine, 1949-1954

North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012. 287 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Barbara Bocher, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. "The startling memoir of Barbara Bocher, once 14-year-old baby ballerina of George Balanchine's New York City Ballet... Recounts Barbara's meteoric career, working with the greatest cultural icons of the mid-20th century, but mentally and physically tormented for years by the dancing king of Broadway, 'West side story' choreographer Jerome Robbins." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Dancing for Jerome Robbins; Cowboys, Indians and Shirley Temple; The audition; A passion to dance; Dancing for Balanchine and Stravinsky; Dancing for Leonard Bernstein; Dancing for Frederick Ashton; The girl in the painting; High tea with Lord Mountbatten; The Apollo of my love's awakening; Swan Lake and Benny Goodman; Post Paris Opera scandal; Eternity five floors below; The House of Chanel; In the shadow of the Third Reich; The trials of Olivia Twist; The hills of Hollywood; Crossroads at La Scala; On the brink of war in Trieste; At the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine; The announcement; Death of a baby ballerina.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.