Word: olga
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...curtain opens on the sisters Tatiana and Olga in the garden of their estate, the light and airy pastels of the scenery form an ideal backdrop for the light-hearted dancing and the lovely innocence of young Tatiana (Larissa Ponamarenko), who is absorbed in a book. With the arrival of Olga's lover, Lensky, the young couple dance with neighborhood friends. Lensky is accompanied by his friend Onegin (Laszlo Berdo), a handsome Russian nobleman clad in black, with whom Tatiana immediately falls in love. That evening Tatiana composes a love letter to Onegin, and falls asleep only to dream...
...opens with Tatiana's birthday party, with girls in deep orange, red, and brown dresses that resemble autumn leaves swirling across the stage. Lensky exuberantly expresses his ardent love for Olga as the party gets underway. Pollyana Ribeiro dances the role of Olga with strong technique and an attractively flirtatious smile. She is more than well matched by Lensky, danced by the amazing Patrick Armand, whose impishly pouty grin, high jumps, and perfectly sustained balances and pirouettes are always a pleasure to watch. During a pause in the festivities, Onegin spurns Tatiana and rips her letter up, letting the pieces...
...chain-smoking playwright-President of the Czech Republic; with pneumonia; following surgery to remove a malignant tumor and half of his right lung; in Prague. Doctors said Havel's prognosis was good, but late in the week, they performed a tracheotomy to relieve breathing problems. Havel's wife Olga, recipient of a famous series of his letters under the communists, died of cancer in January...
...Olga Talyn's version of Madame Giry is another marvel to behold. Her simple presence as well as her voice breathes ominous foreboding, yet perfect control. Lawrence Anderson also gives a wonderful performance as Raoul--strong, yet not too over-powering...
...pauses, then shrugs and adds, "A medal in the all-around." While neither achievement would place her in the firmament of such all-around stars as Comaneci and Retton, if Moceanu can be her witty, outspoken self in Atlanta, a strong performance should be enough to earn her Olga Korbut honors: sweetheart of the Summer Games...