Tutoring the Antony Tudor Style; For the Washington Ballet, Some Rigorous Lessons in Restraint

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 25, 2001| Author: Sarah Kaufman | Copyright information

Things are a bit tense at the Washington Ballet these days. Dancer Amanda McKerrow gets so knotted up after each day's rehearsals, she says she might shatter into pieces if she doesn't go straight home to a bath. Company veteran Runqiao Du is nervous about partnering her for the first time -- McKerrow is, after all, one of American Ballet Theatre's finest ballerinas, on loan here as a guest artist -- and, making things as awkward as possible, he must play the role of a lascivious brute. In on...

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