Lincoln Kirstein brought classical dance to US From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 6, 1996| Author: Christine Temin, Globe Staff | Copyright 1996 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Lincoln Kirstein, the man who brought George Balanchine to America in 1933 and whose influence on the art of ballet in this country is incalculable, died yesterday, of natural causes, at his Manhattan home. He was 88.

Although Kirstein was one of the greatest arts patrons of his era, supporting theater from Shakespeare to Kabuki and championing visual artists from Walker Evans to Pavel Tchelitchew, it was as cofounder of the greatest classical dance troupe of the late 20th century, the...

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