Toni Bentley with Rachel Howard – Serenade

Toni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells the story of Serenade, his iconic masterpiece, and what it was like to dance—and live—in his world at New York City Ballet during its legendary era. This breathtaking book is a “unique document about one of the greatest ballets ever created…. A beautiful read” (Mikhail Baryshnikov).
Rachel Howard has written about dance for the San Francisco Chronicle for nearly 20 years, and for Fjord Review since 2015. She is also the author of a novel, The Risk of Us, which the Associated Press called “simply gorgeous,”…