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...just the right kind of childish yet suggestive face to do this descent justice. Behind her babushkas and grey wool dresses we sense a merciless passion just ready to burst out. Explode it soon does, and smothers a cheeky, high-cheek boned arriviste named Lukasz Niepolomski. A Rudolph Nureyev double, he drools over her, duels over her and introduces her to a new brand of ballet...
...young Mama belting out pop hits with the Mamas and the Papas a decade ago. In London these days, Michelle Phillips, 32, is trying a different tune, playing Natacha Rambova, the haughty wife of the legendary screen lover in Ken Russell's film Valentino. With Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev, 38, cast as Valentino, the relationship is somewhat different from the original. The driven Rambova constantly badgered her "Rodolpho" to make bigger films, then walked out on him in a fit of pique. This time round, it's Nureyev who keeps demanding more effort. Says Phillips: "When we were...
...like them onstage, you'll love them on the screen. At least that's the hope of moviemakers who are now trying to turn ballet stars into box office draws at the cinema. In Spain, Dancer Rudolf Nureyev, 38, has stepped into the role of 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...
...been more careful as well. Florida-born Fernando, who turns 21 this week, has spent most of his time recently serving as supersubstitute to a trio of ailing defectors from Russia's Kirov Ballet: Mikhail Baryshnikov, who injured an ankle before his Toronto performance in La Sylphide; Rudolf Nureyev, who missed his Los Angeles production of Raymonda because of pneumonia; and Valery Panov, who pulled a calf muscle while performing his new ballet Heart of the Mountains in San Francisco. "I know 5 -and everyone says-I'm as good as the three of them," boasts Bui jones...
Star Policy. Cynthia Gregory quitting dance? Rudolf Nureyev has called her America's prima ballerina assoluta. At 29, she is one of the most admired dancers of the present generation in the U.S.-or anywhere else. Inevitably, many dance enthusiasts wondered whether her sudden exit might be the beginning of a mass exodus that could cripple A.B.T...