The Lost Muse: George Balanchine, Lidiia Ivanova, Ballet, Murder and Revolution November 15, 2010

Elizabeth Kendall, St. Louis native, dance critic and writing professor at New York’s New School University, talks about her work in Russian and Georgian archives, researching the youth of master choreographer George Balanchine, and the 1924 murder of his best friend, young ballerina Lidiia Ivanova. This presentation is about piecing together and interpreting history from hard-to-find primary documents and interpreting them. (Rescheduled from spring 2010.)