Dale Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Croce's book on George Balanchine has a release date of April 1, 2004. ISBN: 0374299889 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux (I can't wait!) Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Wow, this is exciting news. After waiting all these years, though, I'd feel a little better if the publication date were not April 1. Link to comment
Dale Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 There are supposed to be several books on Balanchine released to coincide with his centennial. And I'm going to gobble them all up Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Reminds me of the time some wag wrote a press release announcing an autobiography by J.D. Salinger with an introduction by Thomas Pynchon. Release date: April 1! Link to comment
Dale Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 Mmmm, I can't see Arlene Croce doing an April Fools' joke. And she has been working on this book for a long time. But you never know.... Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I think it's probably for real, Dale. Balanchine was never a recluse like Salinger, and to have an intro to his autobiography by the nearly-as-reclusive Pynchon was the tip with the April Fools' joke. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 That's funny, Mel. The only thing missing would be an announcement that Salinger and Pynchon would be appearing jointly on Oprah to publicize the book. Farrar Straus and not Knopf? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Yes, it's Farrar Strauss (books often change publishers when editors leave, etc.) It could be that the publisher intends for the book to be on the spring 2004 list, rather than a set in stone release date and may be subject to change. Link to comment
Ari Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Croce's book, Ballet and Balanchine, is now scheduled to be published in October. Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 It has a title! That's promising. Link to comment
Rachel Howard Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Thanks for the news, Ari! Could you tell me the source for your information? Thanks again. Link to comment
Ari Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I got the info from the publisher, Farrar Straus & Giroux. Link to comment
Rachel Howard Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Did you get it by speaking to someone at the company? I'm unable to find mention of the forthcoming book on the FSG website. Thanks. Link to comment
Herman Stevens Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 It has a title! That's promising. Exept that Ballet and Balanchine is not a very good title. For one I'd prefer Balanchine and Ballet. And what I'd really want is Balanchine: A Life, in which, obviously, the ballets would be treated extensively. The current title however would indicate a book which perpetuates the notion that Balanchine's life was nothing but making up steps. Link to comment
Ari Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Rachel, it was the absence of any mention of the book on the company's website that prompted me to take further action. I e-mailed the publisher and got a reply from one Sarah Almond in the editorial department. Re the title: yes, it strikes me as flat, too. But to me it suggests that the scope of the book is wide-ranging: not just a study of Balanchine's creations but a look at his whole impact on, and relation to, ballet. One of the most exciting things about Croce's writing, after all, has always been her broad intellectual range. And we knew that it wasn't going to be a biography. Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I kind of like the title -- it seems all-encompassing to me, maybe even extending to snippets of biography, where Balanchine and Ballet seems more limiting in that respect. Link to comment
Rachel Howard Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Nice sleuthing, Ari! Thanks for sharing your findings. Link to comment
Rachel Howard Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 After having a friend scour the fall FSG catalog I spoke to Sarah Almond in the editorial department today. She reports that the Croce book has been delayed to October *2005*. So we'll be waiting a while yet. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thanks for that, Rachel. The "word on the street" has been February 2005 for a few months now, so I'm glad to have an official final date. Link to comment
perky Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Amazon.com has the book's release date as April 2005. They are not taking pre-orders as of yet. Link to comment
sandik Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Amazon.com has the book's release date as April 2005. They are not taking pre-orders as of yet. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> While I would love to think that they've advanced the publication date from 10/05, I'm not going to hold my breath -- blue isn't a good color for me. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Good thinking, Sandi! If I were a betting woman -- and perhaps we could have our Very First Ballet Alert! Online Gambling Whatsit -- I'd put my money on October. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Some time around the 31st? :glare: Link to comment
32tendu Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hello, Is there an online archive of Arlene Croce's past work? I hear there is an anthology out there, but I haven't been able to track it down. Thanks, 32tendu Link to comment
Leigh Witchel Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Nothing that I know of online. Her dance writing has been compiled in four anthologies - Afterimages (ca 1965-1977) Going to the Dance (ca 1977-1981) Sight Lines (ca 1981-1986) and I believe Writing in the Dark contains selections from all. Link to comment
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