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Jones made no formal reply. He didn't have to. Critics, journalists, cultural commentators of all sorts, many of whom haven't been to a ballet or a modern-dance concert in years, reached for the sword. Most took Croce to task for not seeing the work (though, of course, if she had not made the provocative gesture of writing about a work she refused to see, her piece would have lost some of its eclat). New York Times columnist Frank Rich laid down the lines of the dialogue on the op-ed page. "aids is responsible for yanking death...
...past 22 years at the New Yorker, she has written stringent criticisms that though models of logic and clarity, can also sting. A devotae of George Balanchine, whose biography she is writing, she has unmercifully chastised Peter Martins, his successor as artistic director of the New York City Ballet, when she felt he was flouting the master's style. Her judgments have resonated through the ballet world...
...high-powered '80s socializing, HEATHER WATTS never fit the image of demure ballerina. Known for sharp movements and an idiosyncratic style, she suffered poor reviews early in her career but won critics over in Balanchine's 1980 Davidsbundlertanze. Last week Watts, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, retired at 41, ending her final performance tearfully amid a blizzard of flowers. She is about to begin a career as a journalist and will cover the arts as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair...
After a 23-hour flight from Sydney, the Australian dancers LISA PAVANE, 33, and GREG HORSMAN, 31, were ready for sleep in their London flat. Then the phone rang. Midway through the English National Ballet's Swan Lake, the prima ballerina was injured. Pavane and Horsman--they're married and not the star- crossed lovers they dance in Romeo and Juliet, above--were summoned. The two E.N.B. principals rushed by taxi to Royal Festival Hall as the audience waited. They leaped into Act III. ``It was,'' says Pavane, who whipped through the Black Swan's famously difficult 32 fouettes...
These pieces will feature not only ballet but modern and character dancing as well. The "Nutcracker Suite" will be performed tonight and tomorrow...