Word: danseurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sumptuous new production of Raymonda provided a night to remember. For one thing, the visually dazzling revival marked the return of Denmark's Erik Bruhn, 46, from his retirement three years ago; at the peak of his career, he was widely regarded as the world's reigning danseur noble. For another, Bruhn was appearing for the first time in the U.S. with his friend and rival Rudolf Nureyev, who has created a production that should enhance his reputation as a major choreographer. Finally, the premiere marked the emergence of American Ballerina Cynthia Gregory as a true superstar...
...Eglevsky, a soaring danseur noble, performed with all the great ballet companies during...
Originally, it was a typically all-star Diaghilev collaboration. The score, based on Pergolesi themes, is landmark Stravinsky-his first explorative venture into neoclassicism. Pablo Picasso designed the sets and costumes, and the choreography was by Leonide Massine, who succeeded Nijinsky as Diaghilev's premier danseur. Massine, now 78, danced the title role at the Paris opening, and he was on hand to help Jeffrey reconstruct the work...
...year-old Russian dancer's first appearance since he slipped away in Toronto during a guest tour with the Bolshoi company and asked Canada for refuge. His performance as Albrecht proved that Baryshnikov is ultimately a premier danseur noble - and a star likely to outsoar the shadow of cold war night that made his debut a faintly political occasion...
...animated John Constable landscape. The story tells of the romance between young Farmer Colas (Nureyev) and Lise (Merle Park), daughter of the ambitious widow Simone. With English country dancing and an intricate cavort around a Maypole, it is by no means all Nureyev's show. The familiar danseur noble, burning with erotic fervor, vanished. In his place was an impish rustic, playing cat's cradle, exploding from a stack of wheat bundles. At 36, Nureyev has acquired a new maturity; his dancing is less mannered. In solo work he seems eerily to be improvising-as if he were...