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Attitudes.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Attitudes.(Lincoln Kirstein, George Balanchine, Leonide Massine)(Column)

Article Excerpt
LIKE MOST dance writers these centennial days, I am writing about George Balanchine. And, of course, why not? The man literally transformed dance, especially in America. And the fact that he would have been one hundred years old in January 2004 makes retrospection perfectly appropriate and homage nothing less than proper. But fancy! What would have happened if Balanchine hadn't happened? Would we have had to invent him?

The story of how Lincoln Kirstein caught what he called the "red and gold" disease of the theater and, having fallen in love with classical ballet, determined to plant the art in his own United States, is an oft-told tale. As is his invitation to the 29-year-old George Balanchine to throw in his lot with the venture--and...

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