Biographies, Memoirs & Manifestos

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Copeland, Misty. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. Touchstone, 2014. UJoy POST
Farrell, Suzanne. Holding on to the Air: An Autobiography. Summit, 1990.
Fisher, Barbara. In Balanchine’s Company: A Dancer’s Memoir. Wesleyan, 2006.
Kent, Allegra. Once a Dancer: An Autobiography. St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Kirkland, Gelsey. Dancing on My Grave: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1986.
~~~~. The Shape of Love. Doubleday, 1989.
Ringer, Jenifer. Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet. Penguin, 2015. UJoy POST
Tallchief, Maria. Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina. Holt & Co., 1997.

Dunham, Katherine. A Touch of Innocence: A Memoir of Childhood. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Graham, Martha. Blood Memory: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1991.
Jamison, Judith. Dancing Spirit. Doubleday, 1993.
Limon, Jose. Jose Limon: An Unfinished Memoir (Studies in Dance History). Wesleyan University Press, 1999.

Moreno, Rita. Rita Moreno: A Memoir. Celebra, 2014 (reprint).
Vaselaar, Ro Trent. And She Danced for the King: Memoirs of a Rockette. Imprint Books, 2003.
Whitney, Corliss Fyfe. A Rockette Remembers: Tales from a High Kicking Life. Dog Ear Publishing, 2012.

DeFrantz, Thomas F. Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment of African American Culture. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Roth, Gabrielle. Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice. Putnam, 1997. UJoy POST
~~~~. Maps to Ecstacy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit. Putnam, 1995. UJoy POST

Gottlieb, Robert, ed. Reading Dance: A Gathering of Memoirs, Reportage, Criticism, Profiles, Interviews, and Some Uncategorizable Extras. Pantheon, 2008.

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