Spellbound by Marcel : Duchamp, love, and art
Ruth Brandon
A ballerina tells the story of George Balanchine's iconic masterpiece, Serenade, and what it is like to be one of the young women who danced it, lived it, during his lifetime. From backstage and onstage, she carries us through both the serendipitous history and physical intricacies and demands of Serenade: its dazzling opening, with seventeen women in a double-diamond pattern.