Two takes on a dance giant
Balanchine made ballet a legitimate U.S. art form

Reviewed by Rachel Howard
SF Chronicle

George Balanchine

The Ballet Maker

By Robert Gottlieb

HARPERCOLLINS; 216 PAGES; $19.95

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All in the Dances
A Brief Life of George Balanchine

By Terry Teachout

HARCOURT; 183 PAGES; $22 <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/19/RVGASAA5M61.DTL target=_blank>more</a>

This is more a personal appreciation of the artist than a biographical study of the man, choreographer George Balanchine.