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Mr. B: George Balanchine's Twentieth Century

Jennifer Homans

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2023 From the author of Apollo's Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an intimate portrait of the man behind the mythology, set against the vibrant backdrop of the century that shaped him Balanchine's radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly evocative ballets made him a lasting legend. Today, nearly thirty years after his death, the man is still so revered that the mysteries of his biography are often overlooked. Who was George Balanchine?

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: Biography -> BiographyArtistic Biography

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionMajor2023FinalistSecondary source
Kirkus Prize for NonfictionMajor2023FinalistSource URL pending
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • George Balanchine92%

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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