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The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily
biographical. "Balanchine Variations "is the first book to
concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis
and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do.
Beginning with "Apollo" (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and
ending with one of his last ballets, "Ballo della Regina" (1978),
Nancy Goldner offers detailed insights into more than twenty
individual ballets. Based on lectures given across the United
States, under the auspices of the Balanchine Foundation, they are
intended to illuminate his art. Goldner discusses the history of
each ballet, places each in the context of Balanchine's life and
sensibility. She also addresses his taste in music and whether his
style can be considered particularly American. The ballets
Balanchine choreographed for the New York City Ballet are danced by
companies around the world, and this innovative book is sure to
become an indispensable guide to dancers and spectators alike.
Praise for Balanchine Variations "If you like Balanchine, you must
read Nancy Goldner's Balanchine Variations. She has the best ear
for music and dance musicality of any dance critic writing
today."--Alastair Macaulay, New York Times "The book is modest and,
at the same time, utterly self-assured. Anyone who cares about
Balanchine should buy it immediately."--Joan Acocella, New Yorker
"A remarkable new book. Immediately takes its place among the
half-dozen or so essential books on George Balanchine."--Robert
Gottlieb in the New York Review of Books 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 Balanchine Variations, 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. This encore performance features
provocative and insightful descriptions and analyses of a group of
works spanning forty years (1941-1981) and includes profiles of
Ballet Imperial, Bugaku, Coppelia, Divertimento No. 15, La Valse,
Symphony in C, and Union Jack, among many others. Inspiring,
exquisite, and thought-provoking, More Balanchine Variations is
both a delightful meditation on and an essential critical
examination of some of the twentieth century's most extraordinary
works of art. "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 Leaps in the Dark Nancy
Goldner, author of Balanchine Variations, was a dance critic for
the Christian Science Monitor, the Nation, the Philadelphia
Inquirer, and Dance News for twenty five years. BALANCHINE is a
registered trademark of The George Balanchine Trust.
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