Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse.

From: Dance Magazine | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: Green, Harris | Copyright information

is the documentary that filmmakers Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson have been building up to over a decade of tributes to the ballerinas of George Balanchine. In 1982 they released Reflections of a Dancer: Alexandra Danilova, a salute to the career of his colleague, consort, and inspiration from his Maryinsky and Diaghilev years Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas, which premiered at the 1989 New York Film Festival, offered revelatory interviews with and footage of his muses d...

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