Word: swanning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company came to France with 90 dancers (another 100-odd are performing at home) and a 70-piece orchestra. Mostly the repertory is taken from the Kirov's gallery of classics-Swan Lake, Giselle, La Sylphide, La Bayadère-but there are a few modern works, including Maurice Béjart's Bhakti and a new work choreographed by Oleg Vinogradov, the Kirov's director. To Vinogradov the mix is about right. "This company is good enough to do any kind of choreography," he says, "but we are proud of our reputation as a museum...
...sunlit field instead of in a cathedral at midnight. Every Kirov dancer and musician knows a common musical idiom as well. The orchestra takes blithe liberties with tempos-flying allegros, subaqueous adagios-that are a shock to ears accustomed to stricter counts. One needs an entire performance of Swan Lake to absorb the confident, even radical, musical style...
...regained some composure and managed the trip back from the fridge with only minor difficulty. "Their offense is hot--Kingman and Foster are choking on opposite days--and they're getting some solid pitching from a staff of all-star has-beens--Randy Jones, Pat Zachry, Craig Swan...
There were no such mishaps. Flanked by royal guards dressed in scarlet, black and turquoise uniforms with plumed helmets, King Bhumibol stepped out of his pale yellow Rolls-Royce and boarded the Suphannahongse (Golden Swan), a 15-ton, 148-ft. vessel with a fierce, swanlike prow. Propelled by 54 crimson-clad rowers, the barge glided down the river like a giant mythological bird. As gold-encrusted conch shells and silver trumpets heralded the royal procession, several hundred thousand Thais gathered along the riverbank to catch a glimpse of their King...
...Leagues however, have never been a breeding ground for the mayors. The "baseball factories" are in the South and especially the West where the weather is much more conducive to baseball, counting for the seasons that last longer. The Arizona State alumni book includes Reggie Jackson. Rick Monday, Craig Swan, and Bump Wills, Tom Seaver, Bill Lee, Steve Kemp and Fred Lynn each graced the USC campus. Harvard's contributions to the last decade of big league ball is Pete Varney, who played out a mediocre career with the White Sox and who now coaches at Brandeis...