Word: ballerinas
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PEOPLE: Annette Bening's hot European summer; Elvis Costello's cool new CD; the Bolshoi ballerina who may be too big for her own good; is there anybody not writing a kids' book...
...supposedly too tight tutu is causing a stir at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater. The theater fired ballerina ANASTASIA VOLOCHKOVA last week because, officials said, she was too hefty for her male partners to lift. Volochkova, who is 5 ft. 6 in. and 109 lbs., according to the New York Times, called the Bolshoi's story "a myth" and said she had switched from ice cream to spinach and was as fit as ever. Volochkova's plunging necklines and friendships with rich, powerful men have made her a pop icon in Russia. "You have such a high opinion of yourself...
DIED. JANET COLLINS, 86, elegant, electric prima ballerina for the Metropolitan Opera House, and the first black artist to perform at the Met; in Fort Worth, Texas. She won acclaim on Broadway in Cole Porter's 1950 musical Out of This World, and after her Met debut in 1951--four years before Marian Anderson's celebrated debut there--went on to principal roles in such operas as Aida and Carmen...
...farewell party last December, the Fogg displayed over 70 new pieces donated to the collection in Cuno’s honor, including an original ballerina drawing by Degas, Cuno’s favorite artist...
...Leary won’t ever get to be a professional ballerina. “But today I got a small glimpse,” she says, pulling a sweatshirt on over her leotard as she steps gracefully offstage...