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Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota.

Lincoln Kirstein

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Lincoln Kirstein
Age: 88 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 4
Died: 1996
Died: January 5
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Lincoln Edward Kirstein
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