Maureen Footer is the author of George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic and Dior and His Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look. Her books have been reviewed in the Financial Times, Forbes, the Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair, among others. Ms. Footer sits on the boards of the New York City Ballet and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library, the preeminent dance research institution in the world. She can be found today studying tap in dance studios and dancing to African drums in the East Village.