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The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley Publisher Comments Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover 
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The Master's Muse by Varley O'connor Publisher Comments “We set our sights on each other almost from the beginning.” So begins The Masters Muse, an exquisite, deeply affecting novel about the true love affair between two artistic legends: George Balanchine, the Russian émigré... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Encore Performance: How One Woman's Passion Helped a Town Tap Into Happiness by Vicki Riordan Publisher Comments The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that its never too late to live the life you want As a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lord of the Dance by Michael Flatley Publisher Comments From the international star of Riverdance and creator and star of Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and now, Celtic Tiger, comes this no-holds-barred autobiography that reveals the person, the passion, and the drama behind Michael Flatley's astounding... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin Publisher Comments From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood Publisher Comments Ean Wood's biography of this remarkable female star is as entertianing and as absorbing as Josephine's personality deserves.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Steps in Time: An Autobiography by Fred Astaire Publisher Comments One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth century—singer, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion pictures—Fred Astaire was the epitome of charm, grace, and suave sophistication, with... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To Dance on Sands: The Life and Art of Death Valley's Marta Becket by Marta Becket Synopsis The only time she felt free was when she was dancing. Performing her own creations on her own stage.it would be like dancing forever. Then one day, in the middle of Death Valley, it appeared to her like a dream. A beautiful theater that no one wanted.To... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Diaghilev: A Life by Sjeng Scheijen Publisher Comments Featuring an eight-page gallery of full-color illustrations, here is a major new biography of Serge Diaghilev, founder and impresario of the Ballets Russes, who revolutionized ballet by bringing together composers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kiss & Tango: Diary of a Dancehall Seductress by Marina Palmer Publisher Comments Approaching her dreaded thirtieth birthday, Marina Palmer suddenly found herself adrift in anxiety. A successful but bored advertising executive -- on the therapist's couch thrice weekly and with no lasting love in her life -- she longed for true passion... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Maria Tallchief by Maria Tallchief Publisher Comments A fascinating self-portrait of the fairy-tale life of a woman who understood that a committed talent could transform the world around her. "Maria Tallchief and American ballet came of age in the same moment.... Her story will always be the story of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nureyev: The Life (Vintage) by Julie Kavanagh Publisher Comments Rudolf Nureyev, one of the most iconic dancers of the twentieth century, had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. In this... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance by Janice Ross Publisher Comments Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as "postmodern dance," creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This first comprehensive biography examines Halprin's fascinating life... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Movement Never Lies: An Autobiography by Karen Kain Synopsis This is the sumptuously illustrated autobiography of the internationally acclaimed ballerina.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Diaghilev: A Life by Sjeng Scheijen Publisher Comments Featuring an eight-page gallery of full-color illustrations, here is a major new biography of Serge Diaghilev, founder and impresario of the Ballets Russes, who revolutionized ballet by bringing together composers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Howling near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance by Marcia B. Siegel Publisher Comments Examines the work of choreographer Twyla Tharp, tracing her rise from Greenwich Village to the Broadway stage and offering insight into how her efforts to remove the barriers between performance forms served to reinvigorate dance.... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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No Way Home: A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World by Carlos Acosta Publisher Comments Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer considered to be one of the world's greatest performers, fearlessly depicts his journey from adolescent troublemaker to international superstar in his captivating memoir, No Way Home. Carlos was just another kid from the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kazuo Ohno's World by Kazuo Ohno Publisher Comments Photographs and words illuminate Butoh dance.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance by Deborah Jowitt Publisher Comments In this authoritative biography, Deborah Jowitt explores the life, works, and creative processes of the complex genius Jerome Robbins (1918-1998), who redefined the role of dance in musical theater and is also considered America's greatest native-born... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Body of a Dancer by Renee E. D'aoust Publisher Comments Finalist for Forewords 2011 Book of the Year Award in Autobiography/Memoir "A remarkably clear-eyed descent into New York's surreal world of modern dance peopled by the obsessed, dispossessed, sexy, suicidal, brutal, broke, and absurd."—Lance Olsen,... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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