Word: soloistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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News of the defection-the first in the Bolshoi's history-sent waves of shock and apprehension through the 125-member Moscow troupe, which included Godunov's wife, Ludmila Vlasova, a soloist with the company. At that point some ballet insiders reported that the couple were estranged and that Vlasova, 37, was unwilling to defect with her husband. Still, angry Soviet officials felt it necessary to hold Vlasova incommunicado at the hotel. Because the Bolshoi has long been groomed to be the showcase of Soviet culture, Godunov's flight was evidently viewed as even more...
...play a popular instrument like the flute, very tough. The worst hazard isn't the auditions themselves but the aspiring freshmen musicians, who will sidle up to you while you're waiting to try out and just happen to mention that they've played as the visiting soloist for the Cleveland Symphony, or studied with Jean-Pierre Rampal. Don't let them psych you out--they probably won't get in either...
...Remember...elegance, distinction, and aristocracy!" The last tense words of a renowned New York choreographer before the curtain rises, opening his last ballet? Almost. Helen McGehee, visiting instructor at the Harvard Summer Dance program and former soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, preps her students before they perform a piece from her own repertory. But these students are Summer School students, and the stage is a second floor studio in Agassiz...
Most of the troupe want peppier times. Says Soloist Victor Barbee: "Misha has proved that if he wants something he can get it. In maintaining the difficult line between the business and artistic sides of A.B.T., Misha won't give up quickly...
...Adds Soloist Cynthia Harvey, "Misha has a low tolerance for boredom. That will be good for those who can keep...