Word: balletic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among problems caused for the Bolshoi Ballet by the defection of Alexander Godunov in New York City last month was finding a replacement for the company's most charismatic performer...
...beautiful performances of the Bolshoi at Lincoln Center, both far superior to the U.S. State Department's klutzy performance over Ballet Star Alexander Godunov's wife at Kennedy Airport [Sept. 3]. I doubt the Bolshoi will come back...
This sentiment is fostered by a constant barrage of revolutionary rhetoric in the press, schools, and other institutions. But Cubans have not turned their cultural heritage into a revolutionary bludgeon, preferring that classical ballet and folkloric songs and dances serve to link the revolution to the cultural roots of the past...
...ANGELES--Two members of the Bolshoi Ballet, a husband and wife team, are reportedly seeking political asylum in the United States. A spokesman for the State Department said yesterday, "We are aware of the situation," but released no further details...
Excerpt "Much has been written about the perfect collaboration between choreographer, composer and designer under Diaghilev's supervision. The stages by which one of the most famous costumes of any Diaghilev ballet, that for Nemtchinova in the adagietto in Les Biches, reached its final form, are therefore of interest. We have seen how Laurencin's nebulous watercolors had been evolved by Sudeikina and Kochno ... Nemtchinova appeared before Diaghilev's eyes in a long blue velvet frock-coat, like that of a head porter in a hotel. 'Give me the scissors, Grigoriev!' Diaghilev exclaimed...