Pointe Work
Marina Harss : Non-Fiction
Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.

Marina Harss : Non-Fiction
Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.
Lynn Garafola : Biography
Martin Duberman's biography of Lincoln Kirstein is a case study of the relationship between art and power.
Rachel Cohen : Autobiography & Memoir
In an engaging new memoir, Carolyn Brown recollects her work with modern dance legends Merce Cunningham and John Cage.
In Tango: The Art History of Love, Robert Thompson traces the dance's
roots in Afro-Argentine history. Tomas Eloy Martínez's The Tango
Singer appropriates its music to explore the recent past.


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