I Was a Dancer - Jacques D'Amboise [1]
10.1 Apollo blesses Terpsichore, 1957 (Fritz Peyer)
10.2 Igor Stravinsky, Kolya, and Balanchine, 1957
10.3 Balanchine demonstrating, 1962 (John Dominus / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
10.4 Apollo décor
10.5 Apollo décor evolution
10.6 With Patricia McBride, Allegra Kent, and Patricia Neary, 1957 (John Dominus / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
10.7 Clearing the stage, 1962 (John Dominus / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
10.8 Jumping over my son George, Australia, 1958
10.9 Episodes, 1962 (John Dominus / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
11.1 Photo snapped by Heidi Preuss, 1999
11.2 Diane Smarr, 1964
11.3 Diane Smarr with the twins, 1965
11.4 Carrie’s self-portrait
11.5 Pop, 1989
12.1 Quentin Keynes in Mauritius, 1952 (Estate of Quentin Keynes)
12.2 Cris Alexander and Shaun O’Brien, London, early 1980s
12.3 Drawing of a potted plant, Hotel Astoria, Leningrad, 1962
12.4 Drawing of a policewoman, Leningrad
12.5 Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, 1962
12.6 Chris d’Amboise, 1962
12.7 “Goodbye to Baku!” 1962 (Courtesy of NYCB Archive)
13.1 Diana Adams in The Nutcracker, 1954 (Fred Fehl)
13.2 Dancing with Diana Adams, 1952
13.3 Drawing of Noah and the Flood
13.4 Movements for Piano and Orchestra, with Gloria Govrin and Pat Neary, 1963 (Fred Fehl)
13.5 With Suzanne Farrell and Karin von Aroldingen, 1963 (Martha Swope)
13.6 With Suzannne Farrell, 1964 (Carolyn George)
13.7 Christopher d’Amboise, 1964 (Martha Swope)
13.8 George d’Amboise, 1965 (Martha Swope)
13.9 Suzanne Farrell in Don Q, 1965 (Carolyn George)
13.10 With Suzanne Farrell in Don Q, 1965 (Carolyn George)
13.11 With Karin von Aroldingen, 1970 (Carolyn George)
13.12 Balanchine, Robert Weiss, and Merrill Ashley, 1978 (Martha Swope)
13.13 Ballo della Regina, 1978 (Martha Swope)
13.14 With Darci and Chris, early 1980s (Carolyn George)
14.1 Lincoln Kirstein by Jamie Wyeth, 1965
15.1 With Jerome Robbins, John Taras, and Balanchine, May 1975 (Martha Swope)
15.2 With David Richardson
15.3 Lincoln Kirstein (Courtesy of NYCB Archive)
16.1 Brad Jr.’s photo of me, Pasadena, late 1950s
17.1 Lincoln Kirstein with Suzanne Farrell (Carolyn George)
17.2 Lincoln Kirstein (Carolyn George)
18.1 Karin von Aroldingen at Balanchine’s grave, 2003
19.1 Emile Ardolino, 1984 (Copyright © Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences)
19.2 The last of the wine, 1984 (Carolyn George)
19.3 We added girls, 1978 (Carolyn George)
19.4 The Shooting of Dan McGrew, P.S.29, 1985 (Carolyn George)
19.5 George Kennan, in the center of a doughnut of children, 1990 (Carolyn George)
19.6 Divas, 1992 (Carolyn George)
19.7 Tsering, 1992 (Carolyn George)
19.8 Tamara Annau and Ilana Frank, 1993 (Carolyn George)
19.9 Sandra, August 1993 (Carolyn George)
19.10 Raul and Daniella, November 1993 (Carolyn George)
19.11 Yuli Markov and Lisa Roandall, May 1993 (Carolyn George)
19.12 Drawing of an Afar warrior’s knife
19.13 Zahra, Hussan, and Osis, January 1994 (Carolyn George)
19.14 The entire cast, 1994 (Carolyn George)
20.1 With Kyra Blank (Fidelma Kirstein)
20.2 Cris Alexander and Shaun O’Brien (Cris Alexander)
21.1 Milly at the Saratoga Racetrack, 1973 (Courtesy of NYCB Archive)
23.1 Monthly calendar
23.2 Balanchine with father and son d’Amboise (Carolyn George)
23.3 At Karinska’s costume shop, late 1960s (Carolyn George)
23.4 With Merrill Ashley, 1970 (Martha Swope)
23.5 A wild, untamed youth learns nobility through art, 1962 (John Dominus / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Acknowledgments
This book exists because of:
1. Vicky Wilson—at a dinner table she said, “Hey! I’m with Knopf … We would be interested in publishing a book by you on your life.”
2. Kay Gayner—fingers at a computer, ears to listen, voice to ask questions, patience to make it through my garrulousness, shared her brilliance to aid me in everything.
3. The skills given so generously by Kyle Goodman, Malcolm St. Clair, and Tamara Tweedy.
4. Carmen Johnson—whose beauty is matched by her intellect.
5. Vicky—again, who is