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Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996) was a writer and ballet critic. In 1946, together with George Balanchine, Kirstein founded the Ballet Society, which would soon be renamed The New York City Ballet. In 1984 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Provocateur

The Gavin Ewart Show: Selected Poems 1939–1985

by Gavin Ewart

The Young Pobble's Guide to his Toes

by Gavin Ewart

January 29, 1987 issue

Lincoln Shelter

Lincoln Center: The Building of an Institution

by Edgar B. Young, with a foreword by Frank Stanton

August 13, 1981 issue

Great Dane

Great Dane

My Theater Life (Mit Theaterliv: 1877)

by August Bournonville, translated and annotated by Patricia N. McAndrew

The King's Ballet Master: A Biography of Denmark's August Bournonville

by Walter Terry

March 20, 1980 issue

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