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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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I Was a Dancer by Jacques Damboise Publisher Comments “Who am I? Im a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.” In this rich, expansive, spirited memoir, Jacques dAmboise, one of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief Publisher Comments The life of the legendary ballerina Maria Tallchief is told in her own words. Her fascinating memoir is the story of the rigors and pleasures of a dancer's life--an artist's rapid rise to fame that began on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Tallchief... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Barbarina by May Lynham Publisher Comments A tender and sentimental debut novel of lost love and a woman determined to survive, whatever the odds.... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance by Janet Soares Publisher Comments Martha Hill (1900-1995) was one of the most influential figures of twentieth century American dance. Her vision and leadership helped to establish dance as a serious area of study at the university level and solidify its position as a legitimate art form.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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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 $27.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams by Alvin Yudkoff Publisher Comments Now in paperback! Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams is the only complete biography available on the Oscar-winning dancer, choreographer, actor, and director, from the beginning of his career to his death in 1996. This engaging book portrays this... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Margot Fonteyn: A Life by Meredith Daneman Publisher Comments The legend of Margot Fonteyn has touched every ballet dancer who has come after her, and her genius endures in the memory of anyone who saw her dance. Yet until now, the complete story of her life has remained untold. Meredith Daneman, a novelist and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work by Mark Franko Publisher Comments Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko reframes... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home by Maria Finn Publisher Comments Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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My Life (55 Edition) by Isadora Duncan Publisher Comments My Life, the classic autobiography first published just after Duncan's death, is a frank and engrossing life account of this remarkable visionary and feminist who took on the world, reinvented dance, and led the way for future great American modernists... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Every Step You Take: A Memoir by Jock Soto Publisher Comments In June 2005 Jock Soto, at forty years old, gave his farewell performance as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. The program, an event of unprecedented ambition, showcased pieces from five legendary choreographers, and it capped one of the... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal by Toni Bentley Publisher Comments An irresistible inside look at one of the world's great dance companies, Winter Season is also a sensitive, intimate, and almost painfully honest account of the emotional and intellectual development of a young woman dedicated to one of the most... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire by John Franceschina Publisher Comments Armed with an eighth-grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing, Hermes Pan (1909-1990) was a boy from Tennessee who became the most prolific, popular, and memorable choreographer of the glory days of the Hollywood... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins by Yael Tamar Lewin Publisher Comments Dancer Janet Collins, born in New Orleans in 1917 and raised in Los Angeles, soared high over the color line as the first African-American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera. Night's Dancer chronicles the life of this extraordinary and elusive... (read more) Your price: $37.00 New - Hardcover
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The Girl Who Fell Down: A Biography of Joan McCracken by Lisa Jo Sagolla Publisher Comments The first biography of charismatic dancer and actress Joan McCracken (1917-1961), who commanded a pioneering career that influenced some of the greatest artists on Broadway and in Hollywood, most notably her second husband, acclaimed choreographer Bob... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mark Morris by Joan Acocella Publisher Comments Mark Morris, written with the choreographer's full cooperation, is part biography, part critical study. It describes how he has lived and how he turns his life - and music, narrative, and tradition - into dance, and it discusses how to look at his dances.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero by Elizabeth Streb Publisher Comments Elizabeth Streb has been testing the potential of the human body since childhood. Can she fly? Can she run up walls? Can she break through glass? How fast can she go? With clarity and humor—and with a world-class dance troupe called STREB&mdash... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation by Samantha Dunn Publisher Comments A writer's all-consuming passion for salsa opens the door to an unexpected world in a nonfiction tale with all the sexiness and humor of the best chick lit Samantha Dunn is a horsewoman who's not exactly graceful-more comfortable in a barn than in a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shoot Me While I'm Happy Perfect Bound by Jane Goldberg Publisher Comments This is not a history of tap dancing. It is one determined woman's highly personal account of falling in love with and living the tap life. One of the linchpins behind the Great Tap Revival of the 1970s and 80s, Jane Goldberg tracked down, studied with... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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