Word: choreographing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Valerie Bettis, 62, mesmerizing modern dancer and dynamic, unconventional choreographer; of a heart attack; in New York City. The first modern dancer to choreograph for a major ballet company (Virginia Sampler in 1947 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), she also worked for Broadway and Hollywood, bringing back to the dance a concept of "total theater," the combined use of singing, dancing and acting in such ballets as As I Lay Dying, based on William Faulkner's novel, and A Streetcar Named Desire, a scorching version of Tennessee Williams' play...
Well, maybe not - at least not yet anyway. On July 5 he will begin rehearsals for Funny Face, a stage version of the 1956 movie musical. He will co-choreograph and play the Fred Astaire part; Twiggy will take Audrey Hepburn's old role, and with luck the show will reach Broadway in the fall. Till then, tourists should not be alarmed if they hear whinnies in Times Square. It may just be Tommy Tune practicing some of those stylish steps he learned in the paddock back in Texas. - By Gerald Clarke. Reported by Elaine Dutka/New York
...pursuing his economic program, Reagan demonstrated an impressive ability to keep public attention-and his own-fixed on a single subject. Act II will be harder to choreograph. Says one close adviser: "As an outgrowth of the election, it was possible to keep the focus unblurred and put other issues on the back burner. Now, there will be more balls...