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...dancer had tied for top honors last week in the 16-to 19-year-old category of the quadrennial Moscow International Ballet Competition, the first American to be so honored. "We didn't go for fire-works," says Amanda of her final-round pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty with Partner Simon Dow, 25. "We strove for purity." In a rare bow to a Western performer, TASS noted, "Her dancing was marked by spirituality, lyricism and purity of form." Audiences wholeheartedly agreed, giving her frequent ovations and besieging her with autograph requests when she left the Bolshoi Theater. Though...
Robbins' longer work, Piano Pieces, was an immediate hit. In it he gives some deservedly obscure Tchaikovsky piano works the elegance of Chopin and catches the bursting talents of more young stars. The ballet's best pas de deux shows the fleet wit of Heather Watts and Bart Cook, who always seem to see the double side of life. The choreographer also notes the rippling serenity of Kyra Nichols, who sometimes seems unaware of the audience. Most of all, Robbins shows off Ib Andersen. Since he has four new roles, this might even be called an Ib Andersen...
Minutes later, during a pas de deux with Andersen, Farrell was injured, though she got through the performance...
...predictable New york cultural rite: a gala fund-raising performance by the American Ballet Theater. The audience, lavishly dressed for the party that will follow, sits through a numbing succession of virtuoso turns: gaudy pas de deux and solo flights by resident stars, international étoiles and great names of the past who walk through famous old roles. Even the curtain calls are a production, usually choreographed more carefully than the rest of the show. The balletgoers finally leave, convinced that they have seen something unique but vowing to themselves "Never again...
...distracted by a romance with Bissell. Others said she had never recovered from the breakup of her 1974 affair with Baryshnikov, 31, or at the very least had deep "artistic differences" with him. Whatever the reasons, ballerina and director were far from the harmony of past pas de deux. "Misha got tired of running a kindergarten," said one observer at A.B.T. Kirkland's booking agent, Alex Dube, conceded that the dancer's conduct was "unprofessional" but asked, "Is that news? She has canceled numerous performances before. But when she comes out onstage she is a miracle." Nevertheless...