Entertainment & Arts
Culture: Key arts figure brought Balanchine to America and co-founded New York City Ballet and dance school.
Jan. 6, 1996
Lincoln Kirstein, who persuaded master choreographer George Balanchine to come to America and establish a ballet school here 55 years ago, is retiring.
Sept. 14, 1989
Uncharacteristically consenting to the fuss made over his 80th birthday this month, the redoubtable Lincoln Kirstein sat in his usual seat at the New York State Theater on Monday evening as New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet paid tribute to him by turning the theater’s normally “dark” night into one of celebration, reminiscence and promise.
May 20, 1987
New Ballet Master: The New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet has formally announced the appointment of Robert Lindgren as president.
Nov. 6, 1989
Fifty years ago, Balanchine’s revolution set ballet’s world spinning.
Oct. 11, 1998
Movies
The chain of circumstance by which a movie ultimately gets made can be a lively tale in itself.
Jan. 18, 1990
Ballet School Opening: The School of American Ballet, the dance academy founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, christened its lavish new quarters in Lincoln Center on Wednesday.
Jan. 10, 1991
An admired book of photographs by Walker Evans, one of America’s most admired photographers, received its fourth edition recently in conjunction with an Evans exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
March 19, 1989
Nathalie Gleboff, 88, a former executive director of the School of American Ballet, which is affiliated with the New York City Ballet, died Sept. 30 from pneumonia in Santa Barbara, the school announced.
Oct. 9, 2007
Darci Kistler Stars as Guest Lecturer at UCI Ballet Class
April 15, 1998