Balanchine Finds His America - A Tale of Love Lost and Ballet Reborn

Balanchine Finds His America traces the ways in which this Russo-European immigrant encountered and re-purposed the dynamic culture of the United States. Author Elizabeth Kendall highlights Balanchine's tragic yet triumphant life and legacy, contextualizing previously unexamined connections between Balanchine's life and times, his controversial sexuality, and his groundbreaking ballet.

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About the author

Elizabeth Kendall is a dance and culture historian, and a memoirist, based in New York City. She is the author of five books: Where She Danced; The Runaway Bride; American Daughter; Autobiography of a Wardrobe; Balanchine and the Lost Muse, and the forthcoming Two-Part Inventions: Scenes from a Friendship. She has published numerous articles in newspapers and journals and spoken at many academic conferences and public venues. Since 2010 she has been an associate professor at Lang College of New School and New School's New School for Social Research.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Kendall, Elizabeth (Associate Professor Kendall, Kendall Elizabeth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9780197801437
• ISBN: 978-0-19-780143-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, Ballet, Biography: arts and entertainment