Word: ballerina
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...DIED. ALICIA MARKOVA, 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...
There were no doubts about the winner the next night. Russian diva Svetlana Khorkina, the three-time world champ, wobbled on the balance beam and was more ballerina than athlete on the floor exercise. But Carly Patterson, 16, whose klutziness in the team final let Romania beat the favored Americans to gold, scored strong 9.7s on those routines, giving her the first U.S. women's all-around gold since Mary Lou Retton's in 1984. It was America's first individual sweep. For Patterson, the "new Mary Lou" label is inevitable. But she may lack the perkiness factor that...
...mysterious rebel group called the House of Flying Daggers, which derives its name from its members' knuckleball-like throwing knives, which dance and weave toward their targets. The pair concoct an elaborate plan to use a blind bar girl (Zhang Ziyi) as rebel bait, and Zhang, a trained ballerina, shows off her skills in a dance sequence that turns into an elegant, then vicious, duel. It is the visual highlight of a gorgeous film...
That alone seemed reason enough to keep my distance. Eventually, by some grace of God or Truth—I can’t say which—Barrett’s true colors were revealed to me. Being a beauty queen, it turned out, meant being a skilled ballerina. And it also meant winning scholarship money. I could understand these things. And I even started to like her accent. A beautiful friendship was born...
...Nefes is a three-hour show based on three weeks that Bausch and her 30 dancers spent in Istanbul, roaming the city's markets, back streets and waterfronts. Dressed typically in a classic black trouser suit, hair pulled back tightly into a bun, Bausch is still every inch the ballerina. Her long, slim fingers are rarely without a cigarette or cup of black coffee. Even after hundreds of sold out performances in the world's most prestigious venues, she is unable to eat or drink before a show. "I am always so nervous," she says, smiling. Her perfectionism is notorious...