Word: terabust
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...dropped in on the Great White Way, but always surrounded by a definitely subordinate cast of professionals. Natalia Makarova, probably the world's prima ballerina, aimed both higher and lower. She attracted a stunning array of top ballet stars: Fernando Bujones, Anthony Dowell, Cynthia Gregory, Denys Ganio, Elisabetta Terabust, Karen Kain and Peter Schaufuss. But to fill out the ranks, Makarova raided ballet schools for 29 youngsters, almost all lacking professional experience...
...might be expected, this unusual troupe's debut was an up-and-down affair. Makarova's restaging of the Petipa choreography for Paquita, Act II evoked a muscular, high-flying performance by Bujones and a precise, rather chilly one from Terabust; the intricate variations fell to baby ballerinas who were rarely up to their tasks. Makarova and Dowell danced Béjart's Sonata No. 5 as if blindingly fused together, down to the last sinuous contortion and arbitrary tic. The world premiere of Vendetta, created for Makarova by Choreographer Lorca Massine, gave her the chance...
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