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...house, had sunk into a Christmas night dream, the grownups took over. In Act II came the company's stars, one after the other, to dance through Clara's dream. Among them were Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Nicholas Magallanes as her Cavalier, and Tanaquil LeClercq as the Dewdrop (Waltz of the Flowers}; Francisco Moncion undulated through an antic Arabian Dance...
...grand dukes. * And a political success. After service in Geneva, he was appointed Ambassador to Spain (1933), died (in bed) just before he was scheduled to leave Moscow for Madrid. * Except for a rash of "Ballets Russes," all of which claimed Diaghilev's magical mantle. * Among them: Tanaquil LeClercq, Patricia Wilde. Herbert Bliss. Todd Bolender, Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion...
What the premiere audience saw first was Dancer Francisco Moncion resting on a practice-room floor. He began to stretch and ripple his muscles, then caught sight of himself in an imaginary mirror and went into a self-admiring performance. Ballerina Tanaquil LeClercq entered, joined in the mirror work. Eventually Faun Moncion turned and kissed Nymph LeClercq on the cheek. As if jolted by seeing each other as real people rather than mirror images, faun and nymph broke apart. She glided away, and he lay down for another rest as the curtain fell...
...Director George Balanchine was born in Russia, but is a U.S. citizen. Ballerina Tanaquil Leclercq was born in Paris, but moved to New York City as a child. Star Maria Tallchief is more American than most: she is part Indian. The corps is almost entirely from New York...
Studio One (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). Rumer Godden's A Candle for St. Jude, with Tanaquil LeClercq, Marc Platt...