Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind this pair, McCurdy will count heavily for the all-important depth on Dyke Benjamin, Eddie Martin, Mac Brown, Willie Thompson and Wes Hildreth...
...other new ballets-Ashton's La Péri and MacMillan's Noctambules-failed despite inspired and startling flashes of choreographic brilliance. The most ballyhooed premiere of all was Prince of the Pagodas (TIME, Jan. 14) by John Cranko, with music by Benjamin Britten (his first ballet score). Choreographer Cranko's splintered story had in it recurrent themes from Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, plus snatches of court intrigue reminiscent of King Lear viewed through the wrong end of the telescope. The stage was roiled by gaudy dancers, the sets were feverish with color, but despite...
...varsity and its Maine rivals traded the next six places, with Captain Dave Norris taking third by 25 yards. Maine's Rearick placed fourth, but he had to hold off the fast-closing Dyke Benjamin, who came from far back to finish a scant two yards behind Rearick...
...picking English types with an air of reality-harried bureaucrats, laboratory assistants who help themselves to a wee drop from a retort now and then, and other pungent touches. Particularly amusing is the chemical apparatus that serves as a running gag throughout the film. Also sprightly is Benjamin Frenkel's music...
Norris has consistently been among the top three or four Crimson runners for two years, and finished well ahead of Maine's best in the 1956 IC4As. Benjamin last spring developed into a very strong two-miler and placed among the leaders in the Handicap race...