cover image Holding on to the Air

Holding on to the Air

Suzanne Farrell. Penguin Books, $13 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-14-015722-2

At 15, Farrell arrived in Manhattan, where she was eventually discovered, molded and wooed by George Balanchine. With former New York City Ballet dancer Bentley, she tells her extraordinary and often controversial tale ``with humility, integrity, wit and sophistication,'' said PW. Photos. (Dec.)