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Ricky Jay on His Mentor: Charlie Miller
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Jay describes working with Miller "as close to pure joy as anything that I can imagine."
Ricky Jay on Ways of Learning: Books and Teachers
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Though he collects magic books, Jay says the key to learning is from a respected teacher.
Filmmaker Molly Bernstein on Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
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The filmmaker's fascination with Ricky Jay led to a film more than a decade in the making.
Ricky Jay Remembers Mentor Dai Vernon
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Ricky Jay recalls the man he considers one of the greatest sleight-of-hand artists.
Ricky Jay and Art Spiegelman in Conversation
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Art Spiegelman and Ricky Jay in conversation at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Bing Crosby and David Bowie Christmas Duet
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The story behind "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth," sung by Crosby and Bowie.
Scene from "Fences," a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play
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August Wilson's "Fences" won a Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards in 1987.
Polio and Iron Lungs in the 1950s. Le Clercq's Illness.
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An iron lung allowed Tanaquil Le Clercq to breathe after she contracted polio in 1956.
Tanaquil Le Clercq, the Ideal Balanchine Dancer
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Le Clercq was one of Balanchine's muses and her body and style became an ideal in ballet.
Tanaquil Le Clercq in Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun
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Watch an excerpt of Le Clercq and partner performing Jerome Robbin's love pas de deux.
Western Symphony: One of Tanaquil Le Clercq's Last Dances
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Watch a clip of Le Clercq in Western Symphony, one of the last ballets she performed in.
Peter Matthiessen Interview About The Paris Review
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Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) co-founded The Paris Review in 1953.
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