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THE BOLSHOI BACKSTAGE
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Maya Plisetskaya flicked her leg up directly in front of her face
and, using those famous flashing eyes, glared at her foot,
commanding it to stay airborne. It did. And the legendary ballerina
maintained a pose of chiseled perfection for several long seconds.
It seems safe to say that no other 62-year-old could get
through a grueling ballet class with the ease and elan Plisetskaya
demonstrated on Tuesday afternoon, during a Bolshoi company class
taught by her uncle, Asaf Messerer, in ...
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PURELY PLISETSKAYA
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; HOMMAGE A PLISETSKAYA -- At the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday night. Consider her curtain call, arguably the most exquisite aspect of Maya Plisetskaya's performance at this gala in her honor, an event that was also a fund-raiser for "Making Music Together." The Bolshoi ballerina
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American Ballet Theatre Star Patrick Bissell Dies at 30
The Washington Post
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; American Ballet Theatre * Dido and Aeneas American Ballet Theatre at Sadler's Wells I saw American Ballet Theatre on 14, 15, and 16 February at Sadler's Wells: a very welcome return to London after nearly seventeen years, with their programmes of one-acters and pas de deux which were designed to
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Byline: Rick Nelson; Staff Writer CORRECTION PUBLISHED 03/15/07: In this review of American Ballet Theatre, the Swan Lake character of Odette was incorrectly identified. Herman Cornejo and Sarah Lane are welcome here any time. The pair from American Ballet Theatre conjured Rainbow Room magic
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Afrikan American Ballet Nets Funds From Foundation
Portland Skanner
; Portland Skanner 10-25-2000 Afrikan American Ballet Nets Funds From Foundation For the second year in a row, the PGE-Enron Foundation has awarded a grant of $20,000 in support of Northwest Afrikan American Ballet's Outreach Program in Oregon's schools. The Ballet's Outreach Program is a combination
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Ellen Kimiatek, 65; danced with American Ballet Theatre
The Boston Globe
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American Ballet Theatre lands on its feet.
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; For much of its 58-year history, American Ballet Theatre has been an anomaly. Though it is one of the world's leading ballet companies, it has never had a theater to call home, but performs instead as a touring company, which has made it difficult to develop a broad base of financial support. And
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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