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...Venezuelan painter Jesús Raphael Soto. Then the Tiller Girls, 16 bright British birds whose forebears were the original inspiration for the Radio City Rockettes, descend from the ceiling in sentinel boxes. Their number is followed by blonde-wigged nudes and a sleekly sophisticated pas de deux executed by a pair of Petit's dancers. Finally, following a flurry of furs, sequins and extravagant nudes, the inimitable Zizi appears. Her ink black hair is clipped into a skull cap, and her raspy, pushcart-vendor voice keeps the audience in thrall for two solid hours...
...defeat on a referendum in which he sought approval of a reorganization of France's governmental structure. Since then, De Gaulle has remained, except for one brief trip to Ireland, sequestered in his nine-acre, walled-in estate atop a small hill in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Egiises, 120 miles southeast of Paris. More aloof than ever, he has received only a handful of the faithful, and has refused all requests for private political discussions or larger meetings. De Gaulle's notes from Colombey, written in his proud hand, are as highly prized as were Napoleon...
...other hands, Who Cares? could have been nothing but return to camp. Balanchine has too much pride in his own past and too much love for the American stage for that. In structure, the solos, pas de deux and dances for the corps are almost chastely classical; yet Broadway keeps breaking in. After a serene, supple lift, two dancers will suddenly embrace in a highly stylized foxtrot. A sequence of pirouettes will lead into a flashy split or a sensual side step. The incongruities somehow blend into a consistent display of Balanchine's mastery of forms. Who Cares...
...whispering to each other below, and we don't hear it. This goes on for a considerable length of time. I know exactly what he means by it, and I've done it another way. I've added quite a piece of music and a "form" of pas de deux that they do instead of just remaining static. And I hope that if he saw it, he would say, "Hey, yeah, that's the kind of thing I had in mind." Though it had not occurred to him to use this particular piece of music...
Except for a few quiet outings, including an Armistice Day pilgrimage to World War I battlefields, Charles de Gaulle has stayed close to his country place at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises since his retirement in April. The general, who turned 79 last month, has seen few visitors, but his most respected biographer, Raymond Tournoux of Paris-Match magazine, reports that he has by no means turned marmoreal. As Tournoux tells it, De Gaulle paces his garden, rails at events and "prepares for death like a man who has not stopped thinking of it for several years." He has rejected...