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...disciplined, classic patterns that Balanchine has made a trademark. The mixture was unlikely, but when Keeler had twanged out his last call ("That is all; the dance is ended/ The music is finished; the caller's winded''), audiences cheered the blend of do-si-do and pas de deux...
...took to rocking after the U.S. film called Rock Around the Clock (starring Singer Bill Haley) caught the fancy of Parisian teenagers two years ago. Mac sang his way to fame with his gutty-voiced, absinthe-flavored readings of such items as See You Later, Alligator (T'es pas tombé sur la tête), and You Left in Your Bobby Socks (T'es partie en socquettes). Now Atlantic has recorded the best of Mac on an album entitled Mac-Kac and His French Rock & Roll. The familiar beat is there, but the lyrics provide a startling...
...knots and delight in getting out of them gracefully. As the music mocks itself-in a trumpet jeer or a pizzicato poke-the dancers mock the music with a hop, skip or bump. Most dramatic bits: Canadian-born Melissa Hayden's stunning solo variation and a languorous, sensual pas de deux exquisitely danced by Virginia-born Diana Adams and Arthur Mitchell, a talented Negro member of the company. The whole work takes less than 25 minutes, but it unmistakably shows Composer Stravinsky, 75, and Choreographer Balanchine, 53, at the top of their formidable form...
...National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell had to admit that there is no rule against it. There soon will be, he promised, while French Canadian Goalie Faille still played the bewildered innocent: "Fasten? Unfasten? How you say it? Mais oui, c'est tres fascinating, n'est-ce pas...
Wisdom: What artistic differences put asunder 26 years ago TV joined last week when Dancers Ruth St. Denis, 80 and Ted Shawn, a flabby 66, did a conversational pas de deux for NBC's Wisdom. Though the long-married, long-separated ancients displayed some vigorous dancing form-"Miss Ruth" can still kick up a ripply Oriental routine-they were liveliest when kicking TV. Shawn on TV choreography: "The cameras are so nervous they're always coming up under the girls' skirts or having wind machines or closeups. The camera ought to stay in one spot...