San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-five

San Francisco Ballet, one of the world's preeminent ballet companies, is celebrating its seventy-fifthanniversary. This stunning retrospective, replete with intimate portraits of the dancers, choreographers, the backstage cast and crew, and all the behind-the-scenes contributors, is the firstserious depiction of America's oldest ballet company. Also included is a DVD that provides glimpses ofthe history of the company--its founding and original directors, the Ballet on tour, its most recentdirectors and the Ballet today--that together with the book tell the story of how San Francisco Ballethas forged a fresh identity for American dance and is now pioneering a new model of internationalismin the dance world.

Janice Ross, associate professor of dance history at Stanford University, has authored several books. She lives in Atherton, California.

Brigitte Lef+â-+vre is director of dance for the Paris Opera Ballet.

Allan Ulrich is a dance critic and advising senior editor for Dance Magazine. He lives in Oakland, California.