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...That is shorthand for speed, an audacious freedom of movement and an offhand, nonshowy virtuosity-all qualities that make Bussell exhilarating to watch. With such a style, it was inevitable that she would conquer America, and she did so in June 1993 at the gala marking New York City Ballet's Balanchine celebration. To dramatize the international impact of Balanchine's work, artistic director Peter Martins invited some foreign dancers to perform with the company. Bussell was ablaze in the sexy pas de deux from Agon-and brought down the house, the prime spectacle on a spectacular night. Her reaction...
...first time in more than a decade, things are looking up. Among newcomers, there are several young ballerinas who combine technical wizardry with terrific impact. The most remarkable of them is the Royal Ballet's Darcey Bussell, 25, a beautiful young woman who seems poised to be a major star of the future. American Ballet Theatre's Paloma Herrera, only 19, commands the stage in every bold, joyous performance she gives. And at the New York City Ballet, two relative beginners, Jenifer Ringer, 21, and Miranda Weese, 20, both just promoted to soloist rank, are darting through the difficult repertory...
What gives a dancer the priceless elan that makes the audience lose its heart? Baryshnikov, who was artistic director of American Ballet Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and was never lucky enough to develop a star ballerina, is right that an imaginative response to music is crucial. All four women move in highly individual ways, and Bussell is particularly daring in her responses. Baryshnikov also points to the obvious qualities a ballerina must possess: the confidence and drive and "extraordinary natural facility." But humility is necessary as well. "A young girl must open her heart and mind," Baryshnikov says...
That openness was the first sign Darcey Bussell gave of future greatness. She started late, at age 13, at London's Royal Ballet School, where her contemporaries were already at the third level. Patricia Linton, an important teacher there, remembers telling her she had better hurry up or give up. "Darcey took it in stride, the logic of training. All her moves were generous, and she had a lovely, open honesty...
Still young and fresh, Bussell has become fixed in the firmament. Paloma Herrera is well on her way. Born in Buenos Aires to a well-off family, when she came to the U.S. only four years ago to study at the School of American Ballet, she was distressed. Her training had been in the older, European style that called for careful poses. Says a teacher: "She was 15, dancing 35." Herrera changed her technique but not her dream of dancing just about everything-not only Mr. B. but the classics, Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp as well. So she joined A.B.T...