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Toast of the Town (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS). Guests: Sophie Tucker and the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet...
...while it seemed as if Manhattan balletomanes might not get a look at the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, the junior of Britain's two Sadler's Wells companies. With the Metropolitan and City operas in full swing, Impresario Sol Hurok had to search high & low to find a theater. But last week, in a Broadway movie house, New Yorkers were making up their minds about the company that in the past six months has been a popular hit in the rest of the U.S. and Canada...
...Yorkers found Pineapple Poll, a kind of English Gaite Parisienne, the biggest hit of the company's 16 ballets, and the one that best fits the company's youthful talents. Unlike the senior Sadler's Wells, whose virtuosity is in classic ballet, the juniors do better in comic and contemporary works. Compared with George Balanchine's brilliant new Swan Lake for the New York City Ballet, their version seemed callow indeed. Nutcracker was a disappointing series of divertissements...
After seeing its opening performance Monday, I cannot help comparing the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet with its parent group which came to Boston last year. Although the former does not boast any prima ballerinas, it is far from second rate. Perhaps its is the corps' youthful enthusiasm and lively imagination which inspires their lithe, confident movement. The male dancers are especially agile and graceful, and the group in general shows versatility seen too infrequently in classical ballet...
Especially in those dances other than classical ballet," the Sadler's Wells Theatre group is extremely capable and enjoyable. The polished execution and coordination of the corps as a whole makes up for what it may lack in individual excellence...