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Since opening his own house a year ago, the designer has conquered the field with his sexy, theatrical creations and restored the magic to couture. Following his triumphant costuming of American Ballet Theater' s Gaite Parisienne, Lacroix has good news for women who wish they could afford his outfits: a ready- to- wear line is due in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Images do have a way of pushing out ideas on television, but that is no excuse for the intellectual flabbiness of Television. The series concludes with a sober-minded examination of whether the medium has fulfilled its "promise," which here seems to be identified with opera, ballet and Richard Burton reading selections from Dylan Thomas. So much for all those fun clips of sitcoms and game shows we have been watching for seven-plus hours. Television induces us to wallow in nostalgia, then tries to make us feel guilty about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: How Tv Got from There to Here | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...scene continued and seemed more like a Disney movie than a ballet. Clara acted like a petulent, spoiled brat. Her brother Fritz was even worse. The party--which I had always remembered as the height of elegance and high society--denigrated into a kindergarten dance festival. And over it all, the tree watched--chunky leaves and plastic ornaments...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

Throughout the audience, it seemed, little boys and girls were asking their parents for ballet lessons. They wanted tickets to the stage; they wanted to live the dream, be the dream...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

...final act had always been the most boring, with the best ballet. And so it was tonight. The dancing was terrific, but the scene too adult, with few fairy elements. The little girl behind me agreed. When the male lead came out for his second solo performance, the little girl said quite audibly, "Again?" Her mother replied, "He's going to do some leaps...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

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