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...Legendary Role Our Milestone on the death of ballerina Alicia Markova [Dec. 13] emphasized her link to the romantic role of Giselle. Three years ago, TIME Europe highlighted the popularity of Giselle and included Markova's views, as well as her stringent comments on any radical updating of the classic ballet [June...
...that her lover Albrecht?who is from a much higher rung on the social ladder?has deceived her ... Prima ballerinas want to dance Giselle. It's a part that can make or break careers ... 'It's considered the same as Hamlet is considered for the Shakespearean actor,' says Dame Alicia Markova, a former prima ballerina who in 1960 wrote a book titled Giselle and I. 'You have to be something almost not human to give a good rendering, because it demands so much. Wherever I went, that's what the people asked for ... Why can't they just leave...
...DIED. ALICIA MARKOVA, 94, great 20th century British ballerina who popularized ballet in Britain and beyond; in Bath, England. In 1925 she became the youngest member of Ballets Russes, then the world's premiere company, and went on to work in Europe and the U.S. with such choreographers as George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton in major troupes like the Vic-Wells Ballet and the first incarnation of the American Ballet Theater. Known for her unsnobbish passion, delicacy and range, she is indelibly linked to Giselle, a role she played frequently to fervent acclaim in productions throughout the world...
...just as likely to rhyme about buckling his seat belt as about getting it on with the ladies. Kanye West, 27, won four Billboard Music Awards last week and got nominated for 10 Grammys--mostly for his debut album, The College Dropout, but also for producing other artists, like Alicia Keys. He freestyled with TIME's Barbara Kiviat...
Like trucker caps and Uggs, custom ring tones are so ubiquitous, they're practically passé. If you really want to impress, get a ring-back tone. When someone calls you, the ringing sound the caller hears is replaced by a tune from Alicia Keys, Santana or another artist. TMobile launched the first nationwide service Dec. 8 with about 400 $1.99 music clips. You must be a TMobile customer to buy the tunes, but anyone who calls you will hear them. --By Anita Hamilton