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OBITUARY : Lincoln Kirstein
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Lincoln Kirstein might be called a great facilitator in
American arts. A man of erudition, dedication and willpower, he is
best known for making possible the career of the choreographer
George Balanchine in the United States. He dedicated himself to
classical ballet in the US for some 60 years. He was also a
prolific writer on dance and art, a poet, a passionate polemicist,
art collector and organiser of cultural events, and an adviser to
government. For New York City Ballet audiences, a fami...
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Russian dance in the shadow of Balanchine.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
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Forward to Balanchine
The Hudson Review
; I AMONG THE LESSER BUT STILL ASTONISHING TALENTS OF BALANCHINE was his ability to manage audiences of all sorts. He was never popular on the widest scale-choreography is not the career path to choose if one yearns to be a household name-but over his long career he was popular with a wide range of
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PNB'S BALANCHINE DISCIPLE STAGES A TRIBUTE TO THE MASTER.(What's Happening)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ... ballets, he would come for the final rehearsal. Then I got to know him as a man - worried about old age and how long he should continue with New York City Ballet. I can't imagine my life, or Kent's, without Balanchine. Happy box office news: PNB's l
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ON BALANCHINE'S CENTENNIAL, A SUPERB SHOW TRACES HIS STEPS
The Boston Globe
; "I would like to start a business here in New York to sell and repair Vespas," George Balanchine wrote to the motor-scooter company in 1952. "I don't want to have to do Broadway shows in order to live." By then, the greatest classical choreographer of the 20th century had been working in the United
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Balanchine In The Hot Seat
Dance Spirit
; NEW YORK CITY BALLET IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, BALANCHINE EXHIBITS AND USA IBC'S 25TH B-DAY BASH. IN FEBRUARY 2004, Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, announced that due to financial factors The New York City Ballet's annual three-week residency would come to an end in 2005. The
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ALL IN THE DANCES: A BRIEF LIFE OF GEORGE BALANCHINE
Artforum
; ALL IN THE DANCES: A BRIEF LIFE OF GEORGE BALANCHINE BY TERRY TEACHOUT NEW YORK: HARCOURT. 185 PAGES. $22. Although ballet audiences and companies around the world continue to revere George Balanchine, the art world's once-excited appreciation for the master choreographer's work has lessened since
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BaLaNCHiNe's speLL
Dance Spirit
; 2004 marks the Centennial of George Balanchine's birth and the 50th anniversary of his version of the Nutcracker. if George Balanchine, the cofounder of the New York City Ballet, were alive he would turn 100 in January. Twenty years after his death, audiences continue to be enraptured by his
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Retracing the steps in Balanchine's journey
International Herald Tribune
; Anna Kisselgoff International Herald Tribune 08-06-2004 Among the many surprises in ''George Balanchine, a Life's Journey in Ballet an unusually rich exhibition on view through Aug. 27 at the Harvard Theater Collection, are the poignant letters Balanchine's parents wrote their son from the Soviet
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Bringing bourees to Broadway: George Balanchine's career in the commercial theater.(Fine Arts)(Biography)
World Literature Today
; George Balanchine (1904-83) earned an international reputation as the greatest classical choreographer of the twentieth century. Until recently, however, few were aware of his lively career in the commercial theater: London revues, Broadway productions, and Hollywood films. Following his arrival in
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A DANCER'S SYMPATHETIC LOOK AT BALANCHINE
The Boston Globe
; BALLETMASTER. A Dancer's View of George Balanchine, by Moira Shearer. Putnam. 180 pp. $18.95. Illustrated. Lincoln Kirstein thought Moira Shearer had no business writing a book about Balanchine. "How can you write?" he asked her. "What do you know? You don't know the repertory." In a sense the New
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