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This beautiful book is filled with many black and white artist quality photos of Baryshnikov and his dancers, during his tenure as head of the American Ballet Theatre. He was at his prime, and the photos are particularly beautiful. Most are candid, backstage or in rehearsal, and you can see his grace even when he is standing around in sweats watching others. The combination of photos and great backstage stories gives this book a place of honor in any dance collection. Fraser offers a tantalizing glimpse of the difficulties of a dancer's day, and astutely assesses the politics of artistic decision-making. There are more than 100 photographs by longtime Life photographer Arnold showing us dancers as people, not merely moving bodies.