About the Author
Award-winning photographer Nancy Ellison is the author of numerous books, including several on the subject of ballet, among them American Ballet Theatres The Ballet Book as well as In Grand Style: The Glory of the Metropolitan Opera. For more than thirty years, she has photographed distinguished personalities. Her photographs have been exhibited at such venues as the Mary Boone Gallery. Kevin McKenzie has been American Ballet Theatres Artistic Director since 1992. His ABT choreographic credits include the full-length classic The Nutcracker.