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Lincoln Kirstein; Helped Transform U.S. Ballet
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NEW YORK Lincoln Kirstein, the wealthy dance patron who in 1933
brought choreographer George Balanchine to the United States,
transforming American ballet, died Friday at age 87.
Mr. Kirstein died at his home of natural causes, according to
Jeffrey Peterson, a New York City Ballet spokesman.
Balanchine and Mr. Kirstein founded the School of American
Ballet here in 1933 and the New York City Ballet in 1948.
Mr. Kirstein, the son of a Filene's department store chairma...
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NYC dancer to take City Ballet lead // Daniel Duell sees a big career step in Chicago move
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The Boston Globe
; STARS OF AMERICAN BALLET At: Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday MANSFIELD -- New York City Ballet seems to be falling apart at the seams, what with artistic director and Balanchine successor Peter Martins arrested for allegedly beating his ballerina wife, Darci Kistler, last
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Lincoln Kirstein Dies at 88; New York City Ballet Founder el 461
The Washington Post
; @DINK: + Lincoln Kirstein, 88, the wealthy dance patron who in 1933 brought choreographer George Balanchine to the United States, transforming American ballet, died Jan. 5 at his home. The cause of death was not reported. With Balanchine, considered the most influential ballet choreographer of the
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
The Columbian
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City Ballet sets tour of all 50 states
The Boston Globe
; NEW YORK -- The New York City Ballet will celebrate its 50th anniversary by visiting all 50 states in 1998. The tour will get under way with a Fourth of July concert on the Mall in Washington, the ballet announced Tuesday. A summer tour that will take the ballet's dancers and musicians to the 50
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