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...therapy program, now one year old, was developed by Dancer Welch after she learned that the mother of one of her students was having difficulty adjusting to her mastectomy. The program has won the endorsement of doctors, physical therapists and the American Cancer Society. But its strongest supporters are its direct beneficiaries. The women, all between the ages of 32 and 64, meet for an hour and a half each week in Welch's airy studio to practice pliés and ronds de jambe, and to share their experiences...
...always sympathetic in his relentless hungering after the lights of Broadway. When Minahan is on stage--which is most of the show--he is absolutely riveting; the excitement he projects virtually swallows up all the other characters. It's an amazing feat, especially since Minahan, though a capable dancer, sings with more vigor than melody. In the end, though, the supreme conviction he brings to his role is what counts...
...still No. 1 with the jeté set, but at 37, Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev may be feeling a bit creaky of knee. Friends report that he has considered an acting career, and the aging dancer has been showing up at a London studio to cut his first record. Nureyev, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1961, read the title role of Stravinsky's L 'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) in lightly accented English. He then described his trepidation at leaving his silent art even temporarily. "I usually don't have the courage...
FROM THE MOOD-SETTING sinuousness of the prefatory dancer to the audience's final cathartic gasp, No Place to be Somebody captivates. H-R Black C.A.S.T. has established in its short existence a tradition of loose and engaging productions which feed on audience interaction and force spectators into a vital consideration of the black person's experience in America...
...couldn't just be men, no, we had to take on the bad parts, the hustling, the rackets, the big cars and fine clothes." This emphasis pervades even the moments of comic relief provided by a lanky, effiminate short-order chef who wants to be a classical dancer--he takes lessons from a white...