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...when his siblings were still searching for direction. He is also impetuous. Last November Ron surprised his parents with his sudden wedding to live-in Girlfriend Doria Palmieri, 29, a literary researcher. Four years earlier he had stunned them by dropping out of Yale to become a ballet dancer. And last month he created a stir by informing New York magazine that he would not shake hands with Jimmy Carter at the Inauguration because the President "has the morals of a snake." Said Ron: "I will never forgive the he way he called my father a racist and a warmonger...
...Baryshnikov the American Ballet Theater seemed "a beautiful Tiffany lamp with some parts missing" when he was named its artistic director in June 1979. Last week Misha allowed two of the more glittering panes to fall from the A.B.T. lamp. Celebrated Ballerina Gelsey Kirkland, 27, and fast-rising Principal Dancer Patrick Bissell, 23, were dismissed from the company, one day before the season's opener at Washington's Kennedy Center. The official reason: "gross breach of contract." The two had failed to appear for a dress rehearsal, explained Executive Director Herman Krawitz, and had been "chronically late...
When Anna 2 as a dancer wants to show off her art, Anna 1 convinces her that if she wants to earn money she'd better show off her body instead. Later, as an actress, Anna 2 grows angry at her director's martinet-like behavior, but her sister explains to her that anger against injustice won't do for a girl who's trying to make it in the world. In the longest section of The Seven Deadly Sins, Anna 1 argues with and then manipulates her sister to prevent her from putting aside a rich lover...
...from the garish costumes, the trashy props, and the giant neon arch--inscribed with the names of the seven sins lighting up in succession like a stage-wide slot machine that lands on whichever sins is being acted out below. In this world, beauty becomes a painted go-go dancer, so it's no wonder lust, pride and anger should seem more virtuous than the alternatives of self-denial, hypocrisy and quiescence...
Older hands see other qualities. Says Character Dancer Shaun O'Brien, 50: "I like her innate grand manner. I think she will grow up to be one of the wonderful, impressive ballerinas-like the great old girls, only without being bulky." David Howard, a teacher who has worked with Darci and many other top dancers, has a ballet master's unblinking eye. Says he: "She has good legs, good training and inborn strength. She is a little wide in the shoulders. She will have to learn to camouflage it and create a softer illusion." He questions whether Darci...