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SUZANNE FARRELL Masters of 20th Century Ballet...
...What does a retired ballerina do for an encore? Suzanne Farrell, whose cool lyricism and blazing virtuosity redefined American ballet in the 1960s and '70s, has put together a troupe of 16 young dancers to perform her stagings of works by Jerome Robbins, Maurice Bejart and her mentor, George Balanchine. The repertory includes Meditation, which Balanchine made for Farrell, then 18, in 1963. Until now, no other woman has ever appeared in Meditation. "Dancers have asked to do it in the past," she explains, "and I always said no. But then I suddenly thought, What am I saving...
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg 1957- --Involved with American Ballet Theatre, the J.F.K. Library Foundation and the Profiles in Courage Awards...
...unpretentious about it, but she knows what its benefit can be." With the book's publication, Caroline stepped into a more visible role. After Jackie's death in 1994, she assumed her mother's place in the New York cultural scene, becoming an honorary chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre and in 1997 joining the board of the Citizens Committee for New York City, which supports local volunteer service groups. She took over as president of the Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston. She rarely misses quarterly board meetings and often phones library staff members with ideas for new programs...
Caroline seemed to subsume her mother, taking up her passions of horse riding and ballet and books. Jackie wanted her children to be serious. She had the historians and intellectuals to dinner, not the crowd from Mortimer's. Barbara Gibson, Rose Kennedy's secretary, remembers Caroline as preternaturally poised and calm. "Caroline was the most trustworthy. I would lend...