For many dance enthusiasts the question persists: do we need another book unearthing more about George Balanchine or Jerome Robbins?
Barbara Bocher answers that question in her memoir The Cage, named after one of Robbins' most noted ballets.
2012 marked the passing of Yvonne Mounsey at the age of 93, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and the founder of the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica, probably one of the finest dancing institutions in the United States.