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Martins' influence on ballet in America has much to do with the ease and confidence of his style. He has set a flawless standard for partnering a ballerina. If the aggressive vigor of Edward Villella and Jacques d'Amboise made classical dance an attractive pursuit for men, Martins has taken that style and said, in effect, "Relax." He never inflates a movement, never accelerates into showy riffs of excess energy...
...blocks between Lincoln Center and his apartment overlooking Central Park. For several years he shared his life with N.Y.C.B. Principal Heather Watts, 29, for whom he created a number of parts. That is now over, and there is speculation among City Ballet watchers about his relationship with Ballerina Darci Kistler, 18. "What can I call Darci?" he muses. "She is a very close friend, a girl who is focused and dedicated. I like that in people." His leisure time is limited to an occasional Jeep ride to a hilltop aerie he owns in Connecticut. He takes a robust pleasure...
...present McCarthy is living with two older sisters in a nearby Brighton apartment; one is a recent graduate of Yale and the other is a 24-yeaars old freshman at BU and a former professional ballerina in New York City. McCarthy welcomes the related living arrangement although she says she "loved" her freshman year in Thayer and the two following years in Currier and Walker Street. "Six years of form life is enough for anyone, through." She laughs (Before attending Harvard, the Atlanta, Georgia native spent the final three years of high school at the nearby Walnot Hill school...
...Cable was the most ambitious and prestigious of the cultural cable services in the U.S., competing for a small if generally affluent audience of arts aficionados. CBS offered TV dramas featuring Sir Ralph Richardson and Peter O'Toole; a Swan Lake starring Ballerina Natalia Makarova; modern dance choreographed by Twyla Tharp; and Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven symphonies. Defining culture broadly, CBS also ran a probing nightly interview series, Signature, and a multi-episode look at modern history narrated by CBS Evening News Commentator Bill Moyers. More than 60% of the shows were produced by CBS, at costs ranging from...
Patrice Donnelly, 32, is a professional athlete who displayed her acting ability and an intense sexuality in Personal Best. Her director, Robert Towne, says that Donnelly received mail from both men and women. "Patrice has the sleek active body I find beautiful," says Towne. "Her grace matches any ballerina's." Donnelly runs two to four miles three times a week and lifts weights three times a week for three-hour sessions. The results show: her 5-ft. 8½-in., 127-lb. frame has only 8% body fat (a woman of average size carries about 20%). "Men have always loved...