Balanchine and Kirstein's American Enterprise

Challenging the mythologies surrounding the early years of the Balanchine-Kirstein enterprise, this book weaves a new and definitive account of a crucial period in dance history.

James Steichen grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attended the University of Virginia and University of Chicago before completing a PhD in musicology from Princeton University. Prior to his doctoral studies he worked for five years in the development office at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he currently serves as Director of Individual Gifts at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: 1933
- Chapter 2: 1934
- Chapter 3: 1934-35
- Chapter 4: 1935
- Chapter 5: 1935-36
- Chapter 6: 1936
- Chapter 7: 1937
- Chapter 8: 1937-38
- Chapter 9: 1937-38
- Chapter 10: 1939-40
- List of Abbreviations Used In Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index