American - Writer | April 29, 1931 -
The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki.
Robert Gottlieb
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We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can.
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City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.
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'Paquita' has a patchy history, beginning in 1846, and a patchy plot.
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You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers - the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers.
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Nobody could call the work of Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio pallid.
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Soledad Barrio is clearly a master - of thrilling steps and passionate movement. She stalks, she circles, she struts, she snaps her head - her feet drill the stage.
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Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter.
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The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa 'Sleeping Beauty,' and no ballet is harder to get right.
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Ladies: You have to support an infant with a hand under its head.
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When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes.
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You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.
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