Word: prima
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complex." In a soon-to-be published book called Cellist, excerpted in last week's Saturday Review, Piatigorsky writes a delightfully incisive analysis of wandmanship. The conductor's role, he argues, has grown out of all reasonable proportions. "The focus of attention" he says, "has shifted from prima donna, prima ballerina and the virtuoso to a conductor, who, as a performer, has become all three in one. If he is to be blamed at all, it is not so much for assuming his role, but for demanding and wearing his crown so naturally...
...Cold Evidence. The next step was merely routine: a preliminary hearing before a U.S. commissioner. In such a proceeding, the Government presents just enough evidence to show a prima-facie case against the defendants. This done, the commissioner normally continues the charges and the bonds against the accused, while a federal grand jury decides whether indictments should be brought...
...they have the energy to perform a well-worn role as if it were the choice part -in a first-run play, the ingenuity to plan a guest list with an eye toward a lively, varied pattern (putting banker next to deep-sea diver, Senator between pop artist and prima ballerina), and the social status sufficient to commandeer acceptances all around...
...ballerinas" all that Balanchine is interested in? Tall ones at that. What about the tall men needed to partner them? As for Balanchine's statement that any one of his ballerinas would be a prima ballerina with any other company -I find this highly improbable. Ballerinas as we know them are far more than impersonal technicians. They are highly individual and technically exacting personalities. Mr. Balanchine's girls...
...have always had the cream," boasts New York City Ballet's George Balanchine, "but now with more danc ers going through the sieve, the cream is richer than ever before. Our company is packed with great dancers. Any one of them would be a prima ballerina with any other company...