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Article: Georgi Balanchivadze and Mr. B: his life shaped his work in unexpected ways, as these new biographies reveal.(Dance Magazine Recommends)(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine By Terry Teachout. New York: Harcourt, 2004. 208 pp. Illustrated. $22.
George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker By Robert Gottlieb. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 224 pp. Illustrated. $19.95.
"It's like watching light pass through a prism," said Martha Graham on the only occasion (in 1959) when she watched George Balanchine choreograph. What she meant was that music seemed to pass through him and become, with no visible effort, dance steps. Indeed, all different kinds of dance steps, tailored to all different kinds of music, poured out of Balanchine over the 79 years of his life (1904-1983). He made such a ...