This volume features profiles of 15 dancers from around the world: Carlos Acosta, Alicia Alonso, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Erik Bruhn, Anna Pavlova, Li Cunxin, Gelsey Kirkland, Lázaro Carreño, Natalia Makarova, Maya Plisetskaya, Muriel Maffre, Arthur Mitchell, and Carla Fracci. Each profile blends biography and a discussion of the dancer's style and artistic background, associations with choreographers, composers, directors, and partners, and relationship with the audience. Information was drawn from published and unpublished interviews (some with the author) and source material from dance archives in the US and Europe. Dancers were chosen from Singer's poll of choreographers, teachers, administrators, students, dancers, historians, and writers. Singer is the Dance Selector of the San Francisco Public Library. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)