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Ballet Theater (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC-TV). Starring Dancers Nora Kaye and Igor Youskevitch...
...first corps de ballet to a position as the U.S.'s finest dramatic dancer; Illinois-born John Kriza had grown up from the line to become the company's most versatile star; Texas-born Nana Gollner was a fit and fleet classical partner for Russian-born Igor Youskevitch, who is perhaps the finest danseur noble afoot...
...other new ballet was George Balanchine's "Theme and Variations" which uses music of Tchaikowsky. It is one of those abstract jobs, with no book but with lots of opportunity for the corps de ballet and the soloists to show their stuff. The soloists were Igor Youskevitch and Maria Tallchief. Mr. Youskevitch is generally regarded as the best classical male dancer in the country, but he seemed Monday night, with all his technique, to be lacking in vitality and fire. But the highlight of the evening was the performance of Miss Tallchief. She is an exciting new classical dancer...
...originality of repertoire and excellence of staging, the Ballet Theatre is distinctive for the well-rounded capabilities of its dancers. With no name stars as big as Markova, Dolin, or Danilova, it depends on skillful and hard-working dancers like Nora Kaye, Alicia Alonso, Lucia Chase, Igor Youskevitch, Michael Kidd, and Antony Tudor and a well-trained corps de ballet. The total effect is of a well-knit group instead of a ragged base with a few added lights, such as the Original Ballet Russ and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo companies illustrate. With improved financial acumen...
Ballet Theatre--At the Opera House. The best of the ballet companies which are currently battling for supremacy in the U. S., the Ballet Theatre stars Igor Youskevitch and Nora Kaye in a repertoire of both classical and original modern productions. Antony Tudor is the artistic and Max Goberman the musical director. Tonight's performance will be Giselle, a restaged classical ballet; Interplay, the modern dance which made such a hit last season; and Facsimile, this year's important premiere, a Leonard Bernstein-Jerome Robbins product...