Word: russian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Superstars Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov at the American Ballet Theater. Americans Gelsey Kirkland and Fernando Bujones trail only slightly behind. On Wednesday night, July 14, fancy footwork and aerial illusions should abound when the whole caboodle appear on one bill: Kirkland and Bujones in the 19th century Russian classic La Bayadère, and Makarova and Baryshnikov in Jerome Robbins' 20th century American classic Other Dances. This artistic cross-cultural event ought to drive fans to yet a new pitch of hysteria...
Tumbling across the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House are 175 assorted singers, dancers, musicians, mimes-even a troupe of Eskimos-all belonging to Igor Moiseyev's Russian Festival of Music and Dance. Audiences applaud their colorful costumes and boisterous folk art, especially the Ukrainians' vigorous squat jumps and the male toe dancers of the Georgian State Dance Theater...
...food is third-rate and outsiders are exiled to the back room. It is a serious mistake for anyone who is not George Plimpton to go there. On the other hand, Sardi's (234 W. 44th St.) is an eminently friendly place to watch the theater folk. The Russian Tea Room (150 W. 57th St.) offers an occasional famous face, along with some of the best Russian food since the revolution...
...could hardly blame the Russian for his puzzlement and anger; Berlinguer & Co. certainly do not talk like...
Spain's stocky Santiago Carrillo argued that the Communist movement was no longer a "church" with "its own martyrs and prophets," and believers who celebrate the Russian Revolution "like Christmas." Referring obliquely to repressive Soviet and East European regimes, he called for transforming Spain into a democracy without "dictatorial methods, recognizing political and ideological pluralism and with full respect paid to the result of general elections." The publication of Carrillo's speech in the East German party newspaper prompted a local television technician to remark: "That's the best thing I've read in Neues Deutschland...