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The filmmaker's fascination with Ricky Jay led to a film more than a decade in the making.
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Art Spiegelman and Ricky Jay in conversation at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
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August Wilson's "Fences" won a Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards in 1987.
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Director Ric Burns describes the art and technology of capturing dance on film.
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Daniil Simkin of American Ballet Theatre and former dancer Susan Jaffe address perfection.
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Violinist Jascha Heifetz toured military bases for the USO during World War II.
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One can hear the passion in Heifetz' violin playing, even if his stance was impassive.
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An iron lung allowed Tanaquil Le Clercq to breathe after she contracted polio in 1956.
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Le Clercq was one of Balanchine's muses and her body and style became an ideal in ballet.
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Watch an excerpt of Le Clercq and partner performing Jerome Robbin's love pas de deux.
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Watch a clip of Le Clercq in Western Symphony, one of the last ballets she performed in.
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Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) co-founded The Paris Review in 1953.
