Word: hamel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this sounds sensible, but what a tightrope walk it turns out to be! For an artistic director has strong stylistic preferences. Take the case of senior ballerina Martine van Hamel and what she calls "this age business." " 'I have tried to explain to her that she should perhaps no longer dance Kitri in Don Q((uixote)),' Baryshnikov said one day with genuine frustration. 'It happens . . . That's life.' " But to a ballerina, it's death. The still elegant star points rudely to Baryshnikov's young picks, all shorter and skinnier than she. Her verdict: "Chickens." Sighs the boss...
...left to right too. This ballet looks somewhat shallow; it does not try to fill the stage in a proper Petipa way. In most other respects it is very much in the classical style. For one thing, it takes very seriously the imperial role of its ballerina, Martine van Hamel. In the past few years Baryshnikov has invited several innovative choreographers to work for A.B.T., and not all have been successful. With her pure, ample style, Van Hamel has been much in demand and as a result has soldiered her way across some very murky terrain. Here she is radiant...
...industry. The 1,018-page 1984 edition of Emily Post's classic Etiquette, updated by her granddaughter-in-law Elizabeth Post, contains a special section on pregnant brides ("It should be remembered that this is a happy occasion . . ."). More explicit among the recent manuals are SexEtiquette, by Marilyn Hamel ("Should I? Can I? May I? Must I?"), and Sex Tips for Girls, by Cynthia Heimel ("Including important advice on 'Zen and the Art of Diaphragm Insertion' "). On a more humdrum front, Baldrige is now writing a compendium on how to behave at work, while George Mazzei...
More is to come. Hill Street Blues will ring down its curtain this week with Frank and Joyce (Daniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel) heading closer to a permanent split as she leaves for Paris; a character on St. Elsewhere with liver cancer will take a turn for the worse; and Officer Chris Cagney (Sharon Gless) will believe she is pregnant as Cagney & Lacey departs for its summer vacation. Dallas' season finale is still a deep secret, but hints are that the enemies of J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) may have something ominous in store for the dastardly oilman. Most...
...rewards repeated viewing, but requires it; as usual with Tharp, there are at least two things going on simultaneously, complementing or teasing each other. What can be seen right away is how well she has taken six of A.B.T's best dancers, Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones, Martine van Hamel, Clark Tippet, Magali Messac and Robert La Fosse, burnished their skills and made them look fresh. This 28-minute ballet contains the role that Gregory has waited a career for, showing her matchless turns and balances and presenting her very simply as herself: a vibrant, modern virtuoso instead...