TBT: Tanaquil Le Clercq in the “Young Dancer” Section
In the March 1950 issue of Dance Magazine, a profile of ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq opened the “Young Dancer” section.
6 New Dance Books for Your "To Read" List, Penned by the Likes of Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp
There are a number of new dance titles hitting bookstores this fall, and there seems to be something for everyone. Practical advice from Twyla Tharp and Annie-b Parson? Check. Enticing biographical entries featuring writing by the likes of Jerome Robbins and Mark Morris? Check. Gorgeous coffee table books and distillations of academic research? Check and […]
Cooking with "Tanny" Le Clercq: Works & Process Celebrates The Ballet Cook Book
When people think of Tanaquil Le Clercq, one of George Balanchine’s early muses (and wives), they’re probably more likely to ruminate on the polio diagnosis that ended her performing career than her literary and culinary legacy. This is the perception that food scholar Meryl Rosofsky is looking to shift with a Works & Process at […]
#tbt: Tanny Le Clercq, and Balanchine's Musings on Mortality
In the October 1957 issue of Dance Magazine, we received the latest updates on New York City Ballet dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq’s health nearly a year after her polio diagnosis. Le Clercq, who at the time was George Balanchine’s wife and muse, had become immobile from the waist down and was taken to a rehabilitation […]