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...house, Peter Martins puts on a "nice" ballet...
...design a ballet around Stravinsky's Suite from "L'Histoire du Soldat"? When George Balanchine asked him to do just that last fall, Peter Martins, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, thought he knew very well why not. With six pieces of choreography to his credit, Martins, 34, was promising but relatively inexperienced. Even veteran choreographers have found Stravinsky's jagged rhythms and irregular beats difficult, if not impossible to translate into movement. L'Histoire du Soldat, which originated as a theater piece with libretto, has virtually resisted a successful dance setting ever...
...this dangerous level of ignorance. But when members of Congress, including Massachussetts' Barney Frank, and vocal solidarity organizations were calling for change in policy toward El Salvador, would it take KGB agents to articulate it? More likely than ignorance, the government's choreography was carefully planned. In its farewell ballet, however, the Carter administration left hanging questions that will, no doubt, haunt the Reagan administration...
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...forms stress grace and fluidity of motion," Merrill said. "They are like a powerful dance. To lift your leg up to a certain height requires control as in ballet, but if you're trying to kick someone in the face, you also need strength...