Word: ballerina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Galya Izmailova, ballerina of the Uzbek Opera Theatre, turned up with a trio of squat-dancers. Dressed in traditional Uzbek pantaloons, she wriggled and shook various parts of her body separately and in unison with dramatic overtones ranging from the flirtatious to the provocative. Sergei Obraztsov, whose official title is Puppet Master of the Central Puppet...
Died. Savely Sorine, 74, Russian-born portrait artist, best known for his delicate paintings of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Russia's late great ballerina, Pavlova, Actress Lillian Gish; in Manhattan...
...picture, a wistful nude sat on an airy chair, minus her back and bottom. The effect was charming because the spectator's mind quickly filled in the missing portions, like the omitted words in a telegram. A pair of muscular legs and two busy hands easily became a ballerina bending over to put on her tights. Said Colin: "I paint the things I consider essential. To me, women are merely subjects. A nice female breast has no greater artistic value than a ripe tomato, and a woman's torso is not necessarily more beautiful than a well-built...
Married. Colette Marchand, 28, French ballerina, star of stage (Two on the Aisle) and screen (Moulin Rouge); and Jacques Bazire, 25, musical director of the Ballets de Paris; in London...
This week the company began its tour with a four-week visit in Manhattan's packed Metropolitan Opera House. Famed Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, fully recovered from a six months' bout with the aftereffects of diphtheria, headed the cast again, and among the lesser stars were Violetta Elvin, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Michael Somes and a promising newcomer to the troupe, Svetlana Beriosova. Opening-night number: a full-length version of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, with sparkling new costumes and scenery and changes in the choreography which lengthened the 58-year-old masterpiece to a full four acts...