Word: balletic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after? "I was doing stretching exercises in bed." Now that Son Andrei Michael (named after Prince Andrei in War and Peace) is three months old, Makarova, who is married to San Francisco Businessman Edward Karkar, is in Manhattan practicing for her May 10 return to the American Ballet Theater. Dancing, she says, is "more of a joy now than ever. It's more of a challenge." Between rehearsals, Makarova, 37, squeezes in time with Andrei. No, he isn't yet en pointe, but his legs, at least in his mother's eyes, are "just like a dancer...
...dancer came upon Lincoln Kirstein, co-founder with George Balanchine of the New York City Ballet, in apparent distress, weeping in an office. When he rushed to help, Kirstein, 71, waved him away. "These are tears of joy," he said. "Baryshnikov is joining our company." At the American Ballet Theater it was the dancers who wept when Mikhail Baryshnikov gathered them together after last Wednesday's performance to say goodbye: "It is now or never. I have to work with Mr. B." For A.B.T. Baryshnikov's leap to Balanchine is a profound loss; "Misha" was their inspiration...
...announcement came as a shock. In four years at A.B.T., Baryshnikov 30, had become a superstar whose fame transcended the ballet world. His cut in income alone is staggering. He now earns $4,000 or more a performance. In his new job the pay is $800 a week. As for Balanchine, 74, he has successfully kept any system of stars or "guest artists" out of his tightly controlled company. Other famous dancers, Natalia Makarova, Cynthia Gregory and Rudolf Nureyev among them, have made public hints through the years that they would love to work with Balanchine; the answer has been...
Baryshnikov's reasons for the move are clear enough. He left the cramped world of Soviet ballet seeking the variety and freedom of dance in the West. Several choreographers of stature created works for him, but the results were disappointing. Mostly Baryshnikov has been performing the romantic parts, like Albrecht in Giselle, that he grew up with. Along the way he tried out the jet set life at Studio 54, picked up an Oscar nomination for The Turning Point and bought a few toys like a white Cadillac, but all that meant little...
...haven't neglected you dance fans. If you're still around, check out the Expansions Dance Company, which will perform June 2, 3, 9, and 10. Under the direction of Consuelo Baraka, the program will feature dances in the style of blues, folk, jazz, and spiritual modern ballet. At the Agassiz Theatre, 8:00 all four nights; tickets at the door...