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...expect such high quality," said Michael D. Sudbury, a competitor from Utah State University. Other highlights of the ball included the performance and dance seminar given by professional dancers Jonathon Elkins and Katusha Demidova, the former U.S. Pro-Latin Champions. The U.S. Professional Standard Champions and the U.S. Junior Amateur Latin champions also performed. Also, Aida Moreno, the executive Producer of a PBS show, "Championship Ballroom Dancing," was inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame for her work...
Silenced Women, a tribute to Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) and Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) at Sanders Theatre last Wednesday, treated the work of these two great Russian poets with complexity and power. Acclaimed English and Russian actresses Claire Bloom and Alla Demidova and soprano Anna Steiger all gave decidedly different interpretations of the poems, and for once, the contrast between East and West was constructive and original, highlighting the differences in dramatic interpretation between the two culture rather than forcing them to conform to one another...
...Demidova followed Bloom with readings in the original Russian. Her deep, emotion-filled voice seemed to epitomize what a Russian reading (of love poetry, especially) would be like. Her low voice held the Russian words still, captivating even an audience ignorant of the actual words. Her renditions were more violent and tempestuous, more bitter than Bloom's and concentrated more on the deeprooted tragedy of the poems. She was at her best when she performed a dramatic monologue from Phadra by Tsvetaeva, sustaining an intensity indicative of her formidable acting talents...
...various times in the program, Steiger took Demidova's place to give a musical response to Bloom's readings. The musical settings by three Russian composers showed that straight reading is not the only way to interpret these works. They also made for an interesting break. Steiger performed well, expressing a clarity in song that paralleled Bloom's delivery...
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