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Softcover. Condition: Fair. Front cover is lightly soiled, rear cover is slightly soiled. There is a small slight stain to the inside of the front cover. There is a tiny dark stain to the outer edge of the rear cover and last leaf. The staining doesn't otherwise penetrate to the inside. ; Approx. 4 5/8" wide by 7 1/8". Inscribed by the author on the inside of the front cover. The author was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher with the Ballet Russe School and Company, the American Ballet theatre, and the Asami Maki Ballet Company and Tachibana Ballet School, both in Tokyo. Eleven pages main essay, nine pages of press notices. Inscription appears to be dated 1972.; 20 pages.

First edition (?). 12mo. 20 pp. (11 pages of text and 9 pages of press notices, reviews of Schwezoff writings and his performances as dancer and/or choreographer for the Original Ballet Russe and other companies). The text represents, in part, Schwezoff's "personal ideas of what is good in the art of the dance." Schwezoff (1904-1982) studied in Leningrad before leaving the Soviet Union in 1930, spending the ensuing decade in Europe performing with a number of companies; he migrated to the United States in 1940, became a citizen in 1945, and taught in New York or Washington until his death. His papers are held by the New York Public Library. OCLC locates two copies (New York Public, Brown). Very good. Original glossy wrappers, illustrated with a portrait of Schwezoff, stapled. (9728).