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...desire to have him as a partner, is basically sound. The company, probably the best in the U.S., had repertory roles like Albrecht that Baryshnikov already knew, and could offer him new parts when he was ready. He has insisted on teaming not only with Makarova but also with Gelsey Kirkland, 22, who is both a precocious star and a defector of sorts, from George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. Baryshnikov was surprised to find that a great many more performances are demanded of a star here than in Russia. There he might dance five times...
...interrupt it to recite the Russian poetry - Pasternak, Mandelstam, Pushkin - he loves. Records of Florence Foster Jenkins' haywire coloratura are another new enthusiasm. He enjoyed a recent trip to Paris because "there, people have more time than in New York." He is absorbing the American pace, however. When Gelsey Kirkland stalled at a recent photo session, he nudged her with "Let's go, Gelsey...
...fifth Mrs. B. Then suddenly she married a fellow company member, Paul Mejia, 27, and, in the face of Balanchine's obvious displeasure, went into exile with the Maurice Bejart company in Brussels. However, three months ago, Balanchine, 70, was professionally spurned by her most dazzling successor, Gelsey Kirkland, 21, who went to dance with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the American Ballet Theater...