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...Rose Garden reception for either of them. Just a short hop to Manhattan's supreme court for a civil ceremony, he in jeans and red sweatshirt, she in scarlet cowboy boots, black sweater and slacks. Then it was back to the barre for Ronald P. Reagan, 22, a Joffrey II dancer, who has been rooming for more than a year with Doria Palmieri, 29, a California-born literary researcher. The impromptu wedding, attended by one friend and a Secret Service agent, "seemed like the right thing to do," said the groom. He informed the elder Reagans a few hours...
...leave this prestigious school. But he took the news pretty well. He said I should finish the semester and then get some advice about training from his friend Gene Kelly." Kelly recommended the Stanley Holden School in Los Angeles, so Ron went there, then won a scholarship to the Joffrey school in New York...
There has been some uneasiness on the Reagan staff about how the press would treat these developments, and this uneasiness can itself complicate the situation. When a number of reporters wanted to interview Ron about his dance career, the Joffrey company scheduled a press conference, but Reagan headquarters got the session postponed, making it sound as though there were some reason to avoid publicity...
...Hartford Ballet, which plays the B.U. Theater on May 11 and 12, is the most widely-toured dance company in the country, having performed for more than 300,000 people in 44 states. Its members draw from the nation's best: the New York City Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, and others. On Friday night the program will feature "Tom Dula," a bluegrass folk ballad, "Allegro Brillante," choreographed by George Balanchine, and "Valley," choreographed by Lar Lubovitch. On Saturday night works of Michael Uthoff (the Hartford Ballet's artistic director), including his evocative interpretation of the "Prodigal...
CITY CENTER JOFFREY BALLET. From half a dozen dancers practicing in a former chocolate factory, the Jeffrey has grown into a troupe of 43. In 1967, Choreographer Robert Jeffrey created Astarte, the first multimedia ballet. But it was Associate Director Gerald Arpino's Trinity (1970), a contemporary barn dance set to the throbbing sounds of a rock band, that roused a Leningrad audience to 36 curtain calls and a 27-minute ovation during last fall's Russian tour. Summer activities include a West Coast tour in June...