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Died. Rosina Lhevinne, 96, concert pianist and legendary teacher of such artists as Van Cliburn and Misha Dichter; of a stroke; in Glendale, Calif...
...legendary screen lover in Ken Russell's film Valentino. His sole dancing assignment in the film: a 1920s tango. At the same time in New York, fellow Kirov Defector Mikhail Baryshnikov has tried a few lines of his own in The Turning Point, a ballet movie featuring Misha, 28, and Leslie Browne, 19, as a pair of dancer-lovers. For Browne, a last-minute stand-in for ailing Gelsey Kirkland, the movies are a grand jeté from obscurity in the corps of George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. To ease her jitters, Partner Baryshnikov has played...
...couple showed off a few moves to promote a May 11 benefit pas de deux in behalf of the Ailey troupe and Boys Harbor, Inc., a New York charity for youngsters. And how will Jamison (5 ft. 10 in.) fare with the smaller (5 ft. 6 in.) premier danseur? "Misha grows when he dances," she says. "He's expandable...
Even the swift, strong Baryshnikov at first felt pushed by the pace of Tharp's choreography. "Misha learned something about dancing fast," says Tharp...
...great deal." She almost gave up. Instead, in an effort comparable to Rubinstein's retraining himself at age 45, Gelsey re-evaluated her technique. When Mikhail Baryshnikov (TIME cover, May 19) joined the American Ballet Theater last summer, she was Balanchine's major star. Still, when "Misha" asked her to be his partner, she was stunned: "Obviously, I said yes, but I can't even remember the words...