I was a dancer

The Boss

Washington Heights

SAB

Maria Tallchief, Balanchine, and Marc Chagall

Balanchine and Cranko

Lincoln and Lew

Boss leaves Pop

Carolyn George

A honeymoon in Haiti

Apollo

"Miracle" George

Quentin Keynes

Balanchine's muses

Lincoln

The years leading to Balanchine's death

A close call with death

The years leading to Balanchine's death, continued

Balanchine's burial

National Dance Institute

Death of Lincoln

Death of Milly

NDI goes on

Dénouement

Appendix: The novena.