Word: aleko
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ballets by Choreographer Massine (lured from the Ballet Russe to do the job) provided the first week's novelties. Both left connoisseurs somewhat frigid. The first, Aleko, a hodgepodge of good-natured Slavic confusion, told the story of a youth who died of unrequited love for a gypsy. The second, and more elaborate, was Don Domingo, a Mexican extravaganza. Three months ago Choreographer Massine in a burst of good-neighborliness gave Don Domingo to the Mexican public. The Mexican public promptly tossed it back to Choreographer Massine amid loud critical catcalls. The Manhattan critics did the same. Don Domingo...
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