Balanchine's apprentice : from Hollywood to New York and back / by Clifford, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…." -- Eugene Loring's American School of Dance -- Balanchine's ballet of Los Angeles and the Danny Kaye Show -- School of American Ballet (part 1) : my first trip to New York -- Back to Los Angeles : Sir Anton Dolin ; "Western Ballet" ; Maya Plisetskaya and the Bolshoi Ballet -- Guatemala ; Variations for four ; London -- School of American Ballet (part 2) : choreography and teachers Stanley Williams, André Eglevsky, and Pierre Vladimiroff -- School of American Ballet (part 3) : New York City Ballet and its ballerinas -- My first Balanchine class and entry into the New York City Ballet -- New York City Ballet corps ; Piano lessons ; Paul and Suzanne -- Balanchine at work : jewels ; My first NYC reviews ; More classes and the kiss -- Balanchine's last seminar on teaching -- My first principal role, Valse fantaisie : the SAB workshop goes public -- More solos and Peter Martins's début -- Jacques d'Amboise and Edward Villella : technique and personality -- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and that "Greek" ballet -- Age 20 : my first ballet for New York City Ballet -- Teaching at SAB : Gelsey Kirkland as student ; The Bolshoi Ballet in NYC -- Fantasies : Mr. …”
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