Word: performer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nations Translator Kibbe Fitzpatrick, and he, brave fellow, undertook to give her dancing its final finish. Onstage, said her love, Ashley was "no fun"-- pursed lips, stuck-out chin, blank stare or silly smile. Out went the mannerisms, and the ballerina began to show that she enjoyed her own performances. Ashley's perfectionism shows in several picture sequences, photographed expertly by Jack Vartoogian, in which she demonstrates how to perform some basic moves of ballet. Her explanations are models of clarity. They take time to follow, but the material on the humble tendu (the leg stretch that Balanchine called...
...that," says a former aide. "She has great instincts--and great blind spots. Sometimes she gets glamour, class and notoriety all mixed up." Frank Sinatra, whom she calls "Francis Albert," became an almost monthly White House visitor. When her aides suggested she invite Opera Star Frederica von Stade to perform at a state dinner in 1982, the unsure First Lady ordered them first to "check it out with Frank." Nancy also saw quite a lot of her rich bachelor friend Jerry Zipkin, a full-time Manhattan partygoer whom she has called "a modern-day Oscar Wilde." Says...
...toughest decision a famous performer has to make is knowing when to quit. The invigorating roar of the crowd and the trappings of celebrity are hard enough to relinquish voluntarily; it is even more difficult to walk away from something one has spent a lifetime attaining. Retirement is particularly agonizing for singers. Pianists and conductors have been known to perform into their 80s or even their 90s, but opera stars know that biology is destiny. Some time in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks...
...Jubilee Singers of the Divinity School will perform at the service for King, which is to begin at noon...
...MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP. This perfect travesty raids Jane Eyre, Poe and mummy movies. Everett Quinton and Playwright-Director Charles Ludlam perform all eight roles, some in drag, some simultaneously, with manic precision...