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That list alone would give the company considerable mystique, but it is not the only reason why American ballet lovers are juggling airline deals to get to Paris. It is very difficult to see the Kirov; the troupe tours less than the rival Bolshoi, even in the U.S.S.R. Since it has lost three superstars (Nureyev, Makarova, Baryshnikov) in 20 years, the company has been kept home at times for security reasons (the last U.S. tour was in 1964). After Baryshnikov's departure, it was rumored that the Kirov had deteriorated and that morale was low. Those difficulties, if they...
...intending to trade with California's Spanish colonizers. Instead he fell in love with Concha, the daughter of the commandant of San Francisco. As Rezanov's ships Juno and Avos waited, he set out to woo the 16-year-old beauty. For his seduction scene, Bolshoi Ballet Choreographer Vladimir Vasiliev designed a pas de deux that was conspicuously erotic by stuffy Soviet standards. Yelena Shanina (Concha), a Goldie Hawn lookalike, and Nikolai Karachentsev (Rezanov), a dark, dour figure, embraced on the brightly lit, transparent Plexiglas stage. When the nightgown-clad Concha wrapped her legs around Rezanov, he fell...
...Sleeping Beauty with Partner Simon Dow, 25. "We strove for purity." In a rare bow to a Western performer, TASS noted, "Her dancing was marked by spirituality, lyricism and purity of form." Audiences wholeheartedly agreed, giving her frequent ovations and besieging her with autograph requests when she left the Bolshoi Theater. Though the victory will most likely result in a flurry of guest-appearance offers from around the world, McKerrow, a Rockville, Md., native, has more immediate concerns: finishing high school and getting her driver's license...
...abrupt look fluid. Martins does so by keeping the transitions loose-limbed and larky. He registers a sudden shift in tempo by crooking this dancer's arm or sending that dancer into a modified shimmy. When the music turns Russian, the men magically assume the guise of Bolshoi dancers, arms folded, legs kicking. The whole interlude lasts perhaps 30 seconds...
Another member of the group, a Minnesota native, told me he was going for more practical reasons. He was a lighting technician. He would not only be able to watch the track and field events but also check out his fellow technicians' artistry at the Bolshoi Theater. "If I had to choose between a visit backstage at the Bolshoi and watching Pietro Mennea, the Italian sprinter, run the 100 meters, I'd go crazy," he said. "I guess I'd watch Pietro. I'd give up any other track event for the Bolshoi...