Letters from Lincoln Kirstein to Donald Ritchie 1957-1964
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013
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Filmmaker, scholar of Japanese film, former curator in Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art. From the description of Papers, 1946-1969. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86164063 Film critic, literary critic, and consultant; b. in Lima, Ohio; resides in Japan. From the description of Donald Richie collection, 1994-[ongoing]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958592 ...
Lynes, George Platt
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Balanchine, George
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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...
New York City Ballet
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The New York City Ballet is the brainchild of Lincoln Kirstein, who envisioned an American Ballet of young native dancers, trained and schooled to perform new, modern repertory. The company now performs 23 weeks of the year under the direction of Peter Martins. For further information see http://www.nycballet.com. From the guide to the New York City Ballet records, 1934-1976, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.) The New York City Ballet ...
Keene, Donald.
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Donald L. Keene (b. 1922) is a professor of Japanese at Columbia University. From the description of Donald Keene manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 506124119 ...
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
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American ballet director, writer, and dance historian, 1907-1995. Lincoln Kirstein was born in Rochester, NY, educated at Harvard (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1930). He married Fidelma Cadmus, sister of artist, Paul Cadmus, in 1941 and served in the U.S. Army 1943-45. He co-founded School of American Ballet with George Balanchine and Edward M.M. Warburg in 1934. Participated in the founding and/or direction of American Ballet in 1935, Ballet Caravan 1936-41, Ballet Society in 1946, and became general direct...