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Also Known As Lincoln Edward Kirstein
Born May 4, 1907 • Rochester • New York
Died January 5, 1996 (aged 88) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study ballet
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy
French ballerina
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Eliot Feld
American dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Ida Rubinstein
Ida Rubinstein
Russian dancer
Alicia Markova, 1954.
Dame Alicia Markova
British ballerina
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
American dancer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
American ballet dancer
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
American dancer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer