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...Started in Naples (Shavelson-Rose; Paramount) ends, at least as far as its interest for adults is concerned, when Clark Gable and Sophia Loren engage in a water ballet pas de deux in the Blue Grotto. But this foolishness does not occur until fairly late in the film, and what precedes it is noisy, cheerful and frequently funny. A good part of the reason is a nine-year-old rowdy named Marietto, who plays an Italian urchin and clowns well enough to deserve two names...
...four ballet evenings, the Festival presented a company headed by Andre Eglevsky (who had also performed at the 1956 and 1958 Festivals). Paired up with Melissa Hayden, the two demonstrated their renowned artistry in pas de deux from Tchaikovsky's Black Swan and Delibe's Sylvia. The pleasantest surprise was the dancing of young Edward Villella; his entrechats were breathtaking, and his consummate general control clearly places him on the verge of a noble career. Most of the dancers in the company were from the New York City Ballet. Among the other items on the program was the world premiere...
...kind of Balanchine variety show. In a swirl of color, foreign visitors to the court strut the stage dressed in everything from the gaudily feathered headdress of West Indians to the pink and gold garb of Eastern potentates. Highlights of the evening: a fluently elegant pas de deux between Jacques d'Amboise and Melissa Hayden, and a rousing Scottish number whose stately classical movements were abruptly interrupted by the splayed gestures of a country reel...
Music for a Spring Night (ABC, 7:30-8 p.m.).* The second program of the new series is called "Pas de Deux," features assorted ballet numbers ranging from a part of Sleeping Beauty to the Japanese Oshichi...
...Gaulle had every reason for weariness and despair. News of the insurrection in Algiers first reached him on Sunday at his country home in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises. When his black Citroën reached the capital shortly before midnight, De Gaulle was greeted by the proffered resignation of Premier Michel Debré, long privately opposed to De Gaulle's offer of self-determination to Algeria. Imperiously, De Gaulle refused Debré's resignation and fired off orders to General Maurice Challe, French commander in chief in Algeria. The orders: finish off the settlers' uprising "during this...