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...tuck a year and a half ago. He took over the role of Darius in Jeffrey, Paul Rudnick's sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving off-Broadway play about gay love and sex. Darius, who dies of AIDS in the play, is described as "a true innocent, a handsome, completely sweet dancer in his 20s." It's hardly the sort of part Louganis would take if he wanted to keep his sexual orientation a secret. Says Rudnick: "He was wonderful in the role because he was playing a character who the audience had to believe was innately good and wanted to embrace...
When Francis discovers Thomas' illegal operation, he offers to let him off the hook in return for a small favor: going to Exotica to talk to his favorite dancer, Christina (Mia Kirshner). She is the light to which all characters are attracted, including the club's owner Zoe (a very pregnant Arsinee Khanjian) and her ex-lover Eric (Elias Koteas), the club's deejay...
Christina is a table/lap dancer with the looks of a beautiful ingenue (complete with wide-open eyes and school-girl uniform), and the cold precision of an experienced butcher. Impenetrable, enigmatic, she reveals nothing about herself, yet provides those around her with insights about themselves and others...
What gives a dancer the priceless elan that makes the audience lose its heart? Baryshnikov, who was artistic director of American Ballet Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and was never lucky enough to develop a star ballerina, is right that an imaginative response to music is crucial. All four women move in highly individual ways, and Bussell is particularly daring in her responses. Baryshnikov also points to the obvious qualities a ballerina must possess: the confidence and drive and "extraordinary natural facility." But humility is necessary as well. "A young girl must open her heart and mind," Baryshnikov says...
...shrugs off her precocious exploits. She is the rare dancer who could also be a model, and she enjoys occasional fashion shoots. Designers compete to have her wear their creations. A recent issue of London's Tatler magazine showed her with a diamond as big as the Ritz-between her teeth. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's most recent honors list, a remarkable achievement for a 25-year...