Lincoln Kirstein: A Life in Art
Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City Ballet.
Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator, Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Violette Verdy, was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet
Nicholas Jenkins, Kirstein's literary executor.

Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) is remembered chiefly as the founder of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet and as the man who brought George Balanchine to America. He was also a prolific writer and collector (a benefactor, in fact, of the Metropolitan Museum)—a tastemaker who had wide-ranging effects on the arts in this country. As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth a panel of connoisseurs and experts who knew Kirstein will explore the many facets of his extraordinary life.

A demonstration by students from the School of American Ballet and a short excerpt from New York City Ballet's Orpheus will be included.