VALERIE GLADSTONE is a biographer of George Balanchine, and has been writing about the arts for twenty years. She has published articles on dance in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Travel & Leisure, and Dance magazine. She lives in New York City.JOSÉ IVEY has been a professional photographer for more than fifteen years. His work has been published in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in New York City.