Word: eclecticism
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At their best, the Moiseyev dancers offer a kinetic excitement that ought to be the envy of dance companies everywhere. The bodies are lithe, handsome and superbly conditioned, without a saggy, stereotypical babushka in sight, and they move through Moiseyev's short, repetitive kaleidoscopic patterns with elan and assurance. The...
Lauren constantly scours his surroundings for design ideas. His taste is eclectic, though not unpredictable: he is chronically hooked on classics. "I love jeans, cowboy boots, tweed jackets, pin-stripe suits, old race cars, Porsches, Indian blankets and baskets," he says. Lauren once chased down a Colorado cowboy whose battered...
In addition to the owners who are working both sides of the Atlantic, there are chefs who have either abandoned their highly rated restaurants or plan to commute between the New World and the Old. Among the more strongly committed is the versatile Gerard Pangaud, formerly the owner of a...
Also in the repertory were a fussy Raymonda and Le Palais de Cristal, the original version of a George Balanchine masterpiece, set to Bizet, known in the U.S. as Symphony in C. In these, the company showed off some fine dancing, with the Balanchine memorable for the four ballerinas' poignant...
"I'm a very eclectic eater," says Terry Johnston, as she nibbles her way through doll-size portions, of stuffed mushrooms, marinated beans, and potato salad with capers at the tapas restaurant in the Broadway department store in Glendale, Calif. "I've been to Spain," Johnston confides, "and this is...