Dance's own temple: in 1948 Morton Baum asked an astonished Lincoln Kirstein if he would like Ballet Society to become New York City Ballet.(attitudes)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Barnes, Clive | Copyright information

Just around now City Center starts its regular rite of fall, aka the Fall for Dance Festival, the opening of the 2007-08 dance season. Its resident companies are American Ballet Theatre, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. The theater's first resident dance company, admittedly long flown that particular coop, was New York City Ballet. It's a theater with a curious history.

New York City Center--for New Yorkers the name has a special...