You couldn't walk through the intermission crowd at the Kennedy Center this week during the run of Suzanne Farrell's revival of Balanchine's "Don Quixote" without hearing people, puzzled people, wondering when they'd start seeing the Don Q they remembered from other companies. This led to a conversation about Balanchine faced with that other score, which led to the only logical conclusion -- a new book called:

"Balanchine's Minkus!"

the sequel to the wonderful "Balanchine's Tchaikovsky"

Any other sequels dying to be written?

"101 Not-So-Great Ballets" with descriptions of pieces like the Bourne Swan Lake.

"The Art of Teaching Gymnastics, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Flamenco, Ballroom, Modern, Lyrical, and Something That May or May Not Be Ballet" profiling Dolly Dinkle teachers. It could have all the elements of the original Gretchen Ward Warren book, but with hilarious (and terrifying) misinformation from the teachers, as well as sample exercises at the end.

Excellent, Hans. I'm glad to see you back in high form

Two come immediately to mind: Late Memoirs, by Nijinska, and Back to Denmark, by Peter Martins.

Oh, Farrell Fan, you

"Holding On To A Walker," by Suzanne Farrell--a ballerina's story of life after dancing Balanchine and two hip replacements

And another Peter Martins one: "Dancing on Petipa's Grave: The Making of NYCB's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty."

Ok, so that last one isn't a sequel. But it DOES just cry out to be written!

However, I just can't top "Balanchine's Minkus." That is pure genius.