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DANCE
Received wisdom has it that dances are ephemeral while books are enduring. For dance books in English, the opposite may well be the case.
You can still see live performances of Agnes de Mille's ballet Rodeo, but you won't find Dance to the Piper, her memoir describing the work's genesis, in the bookstore. Dance to the Piper, perhaps the finest literary...
Dance Loses Its History, Book by Book by Book
By MINDY ALOFFReceived wisdom has it that dances are ephemeral while books are enduring. For dance books in English, the opposite may well be the case.
You can still see live performances of Agnes de Mille's ballet Rodeo, but you won't find Dance to the Piper, her memoir describing the work's genesis, in the bookstore. Dance to the Piper, perhaps the finest literary...
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