{"product_id":"more-balanchine-variations-nancy-goldner-9780813037530","title":"More Balanchine Variations","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBalanchine Variations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"If you like Balanchine, you must read Nancy Goldner's \u003ci\u003eBalanchine Variations\u003c\/i\u003e. She has the best ear for music and dance musicality of any dance critic writing today.\"--Alastair Macaulay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"The book is modest and, at the same time, utterly self-assured. Anyone who cares about Balanchine should buy it immediately.\"--Joan Acocella, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \"A remarkable new book. Immediately takes its place among the half-dozen or so essential books on George Balanchine.\"--Robert Gottlieb in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e In this deliciously evocative new volume, Nancy Goldner returns to offer in-depth discussions of twenty more of George Balanchine's ballets. As in the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBalanchine Variations\u003c\/i\u003e, Goldner's focus is not on history or biography but on the dances themselves: the technique, the coordination with music, the storytelling, and the evolution of Balanchine's style.\u003cbr\u003e This encore performance features provocative and insightful descriptions and analyses of a group of works spanning forty years (1941-1981) and includes profiles of \u003ci\u003eBallet Imperial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBugaku\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoppelia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDivertimento No. 15\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Valse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSymphony in C\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Union Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. Inspiring, exquisite, and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eMore Balanchine Variations\u003c\/i\u003e is both a delightful meditation on and an essential critical examination of some of the twentieth century's most extraordinary works of art. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Pure joy. Even more exciting and wonderfully imaginative than the author's previous volume, this collection of personal essays about some of George Balanchine's most beloved ballets takes a reader through deep levels of Balanchine's sensibility. Nancy Goldner illuminates the organization of the works, their construction on the level of dance technique and its coordination with music, and--most marvelous--the spooky and passionate stories embedded within their 'plotless' maneuvers.\"--Mindy Aloff, editor of \u003ci\u003eLeaps in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eNancy Goldner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBalanchine Variations\u003c\/i\u003e, was a dance critic for the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDance News\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty five years\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBALANCHINE is a registered trademark of The George Balanchine Trust.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Goldner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813037530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813037530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 57","brand":"Nancy Goldner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926379069695,"sku":"9780813037530","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_902e64ff-9e11-4b9f-9d0b-0f8418771a5e.jpg?v=1681082750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-balanchine-variations-nancy-goldner-9780813037530","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}