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...weekend, with three more premieres to come, Robbins had very strong entries. For opening night he created a gossamer duet for Darci Kistler and Ib Andersen to the second movement of the Piano Concerto No. 1. The dancers seem to be skating-two very young lovers etching their joy on a pond by moonlight. This is a charming little lyric that never takes itself, or figure skating, seriously. Still, in the subtle use of half-and three-quarter-point work for the radiant Kistler, Robbins manages to give toe shoes the rocking balance of a skate blade...
...best pas de deux shows the fleet wit of Heather Watts and Bart Cook, who always seem to see the double side of life. The choreographer also notes the rippling serenity of Kyra Nichols, who sometimes seems unaware of the audience. Most of all, Robbins shows off Ib Andersen. Since he has four new roles, this might even be called an Ib Andersen Festival. He is an elegant, ardent dramatic dancer who has the clear allegro technique that the "Balanchine style" needs. If Robbins does not test him (as Balanchine does in Mozartiana), he makes Piano Pieces a study...
...premieres unfolded, it became clear that the festival was not so much about Tchaikovsky (or Ib Andersen) but about City Ballet. If there were surprises, there were traditional elements: Balanchine working with Farrell, his principal muse of the past two decades, and Karin von Aroldingen, the ballerina who is perhaps closest to him personally; Robbins pushing the younger dancers but not forgetting Patricia McBride, his Girl in Pink in Dances at a Gathering (1969). But the story of N.Y.C.B. was best told in the frequent use of apprentices and students from the company-related School of American Ballet. Both John...
William and Irene Trerice of Algonac, Mich., were shocked to learn that their son, a 6-ft. 5-in., 230-Ib. high school football tackle, had died of a heart attack. "He was always lifting weights and jogging, and he could bench press 300 Ibs.," said the senior Trerice, a 13-year Air Force veteran. He might have accepted the loss, he said, had it not been for "snafus" in informing the family of Paul's death and in returning his body. His suspicions were also raised by some of Paul's friends on the Ranger; one sent...
...freshman year. Velie shared the honor with Sailer of being the first Harvard player named to the New England lacrosse squad. "All I really remember is that we were all stuck in this horrible dorm where everyone was screaming while Chris and I were trying to take our Math IB finals...