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Montague and Capulet. John Cranko and Sir Kenneth MacMillan. The Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theater. Verona and Washington, D.C. Romeo and Juliet...
...paths of ballet companies are apparently no less star-crossed than those of lovers. Despite the fairly plentiful literature of full-length works available, both A.B.T. and Joffrey are staging expensive, opulent productions & based on Shakespeare's tragedy and set to Sergei Prokofiev's marvelous score. The Joffrey version premiered in Washington last Dec. 12, and A.B.T.'s followed it into the Kennedy Center last week...
White House offspring update: with six months remaining on his contract with the Joffrey Ballet, the President's younger son Ron Reagan, 24, announced last week that he was abandoning his career in dance. He had received some encouraging reviews, but it seemed unlikely that he would ever become a solo star. Ron said that he intended to concentrate on "other interests," which reportedly included writing. Meanwhile, Maureen Reagan, 42, has added "gameshow personality" to her résumé, at $1,100 per appearance. Maureen and her husband, Dennis Revell, 29, a cable-TV consultant, taped a Tattletales...
...family, Ron's decision to marry suddenly with barely a last-minute word to his folks is perfectly traditional. It is widely known that Ron's parents have not managed to see a single ballet performance of their son, who is clearly very good, having been selected to the Joffrey second company, and is their son nonetheless. Ron talks of his parents with much affection. But these absences are strange and go back a ways...
...seduced by dance movies from the time I was eight," but did not begin to study until age 19, when he entered Los Angeles' Stanley Holden Dance Center, which was recommended by longtime Reagan Friend Gene Kelly. Within two years he was offered a scholarship by the prestigious Joffrey school in New York City. Seven months later he became an alternate member of the Joffrey II troupe, and last fall made his debut as a regular member. "His improvement is phenomenal," says Company Director Sally Bliss. "Ron has no tension in his dancing and incredible concentration. I think...