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...same impact; sinuous Trinette Singleton, 19, dances like a sensuous nymph out for a gambol; and then there is airborne Robert Blankshine, 19, who has mastered the neat little trick of sailing into the wings as he kicks the back of his head. They all help give the Joffrey Ballet its hallmark: go power plus grow power...
...once stood stark still onstage for four minutes (Dance Observer responded by running a review that consisted of four inches of blank space). But today he also has a bit of Mr. B. in his,bonnet. Aureole is a freshly pressed version of a washed-out, frilly "white ballet," in which his dancers interweave flurries of mincing steps with great swooping glides without a seam showing. In Orbs, a kind of astronaughty tour of life and love on the planets, he injects moments of broad, bawdy humor, into a probing of the epic theme of God, man and nature. Cosmic...
...because of her "psychological drift." He didn't want a mother figure, he wanted Dada instead. Ever since, he has been one jump beyond the avantgarde. He was among the first American choreographers to use musique concrète, the first to leave the structure of a ballet to chance. He rehearses in silence so that his dancers will not be influenced by the music. Themes? "Supply your own," he says. Yet for all his seeming whimsy, Cunningham is a dancer and choreographer with serious intentions. He wants to take chances, shift the angles of balance, create new patterns...
...Indecision. To be sure, not all -or even most-of American dance is on the wiggy fringe. In its own clean, frostily abstract ballets, as well as in classical standards such as the Nutcracker, the New York City Ballet is the peerless pro. Ranking not too far behind is the American Ballet Theater, founded (in 1940) and largely financed by Lucia Chase. Emerging strongly now from a gloomy decade of indecision and decline, Ballet Theater has the most balanced repertory in the country; its full-length Swan Lake ranks with the world's best...
Philadelphia has what amounts to a Balanchine road company in the Pennsylvania Ballet, founded by three of his former students. Rapidly shaping a style all their own, the Pennsylvanians scored a critical hit recently with the world premiere of John Butler's Ceremony, a frank, sexy study of fear and alienation. Even more ambitious is the Harkness Ballet, which now has ten former Jeffrey dancers to count on, at least two soloists (long-haired Lawrence Rhodes and sultry Brunilda Ruiz) of star magnitude, and the staggering total of 20 newly commissioned dances in its repertory. Still another inventive company...