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Tanaquil Le Clercq

BALLET DANCER Oct 2, 1929 - Dec 31, 2000

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Her starring performances with The New York City Ballet, including in Afternoon of a Faun

AMERICAN MASTERS FILM

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun (Jun 2014)Directed by Nancy Buirski

Written Features

Tanaquil Le Clercq

Letters of Tanaquil Le Clercq and Jerome Robbins

Tanaquil Le Clercq Western Symphony

A Star Ballerina in Action (GIFs)

Nancy Buirski, Filmmaker

Director’s Statement by Nancy Buirski

Video Features

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun -- Polio and Iron Lungs in the 1950s. Le Clercq's Illness.

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun -- Respect for People with Disabilities: Humor and Comebacks

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun -- Tanaquil Le Clercq in Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun -- Tanaquil Le Clercq, the Ideal Balanchine Dancer

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