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DIED. John Gilpin, 53, celebrated dancer with London's Festival Ballet in the 1950s, who on July 28 became the third husband of Monaco's Princess Antoinette; of a heart attack; in London. A dynamic artist whose striking good looks enhanced his roles in such classic ballets as Le Spectre de la Rose and Giselle, Gilpin served as artistic director of the Festival Ballet from 1962 to 1965. He met Antoinette, the sister of Prince Rainier, at a Monte Carlo performance...
...freedom flotilla," the 125,000 Marielito refugees named after the Cuban port of Mariel from which they fled to the U.S. Last month the immigrants organized a daylong festival to thank Miami for its support and to display the talents of the boatlift's artists. Said Choreographer and Dancer Pedro Pablo Peña, who washed up on the shores of Key West in a shrimper and now directs the 14-member Creation Ballet in Coral Gables: "This is the other face of Mariel. It shows we are succeeding and contributing to this country...
TIME underestimates the power of John Travolta's erotic intensity and charisma in his latest film, Staying Alive [July 18]. His performance made me, a conservative housewife, mother and C.P.A. from Ohio, want to abandon all for the frenetic and aphrodisian life of a dancer...
...Since I was 14, I have wanted to be the director of a ballet company. Isn't that strange, to be so sure? I must be a fanatic." Or he must be Peter Martins. The dancer-choreographer made the observation three years ago, and now that he has become head of the New York City Ballet, along with Jerome Robbins, he intends to let nothing stand in the way of his dream. Not even his dancing. Last week Martins, 36, announced that he was giving up his calling of the past 29 years. Said...
With the exception of Once Upon a Time, A.B.T.'s newly commissioned ballets offer sober evidence that it may take even more patience to build a repertory than to school a major dancer. The company, led by Gregory and Cynthia Harvey, dance the socks off Interludes, a bland effort set to Brahms' Serenade in A Major, Opus 16 by San Francisco Choreographer John McFall, 36. Lynne Taylor-Corbett, whose Great Galloping Gottschalk was a hit last year, has a moody new piece, Estuary; once again the performances, by Van Hamel and Patrick Bissell, burnish a dull concept...