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BOLSHOI'S POWERFUL 'ANNA KARENINA'
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THE BOLSHOI BALLET -- In "Anna Karenina." Based on
Tolstoy's novel, with a libretto by B. Lvov-Anokhin.
Choreography by Maya Plisetskaya, Natalia Rizhenko, and
Victor Smirnov-Golovanov. Music by Rodion Shchedrin. Decor
by Valery Levantal. Lighting by Oleg Kopin. At the Wang
Center for the Performing Arts, last night. The American
premiere of a production that repeats Saturday night. Part
of the Soviet-Amer...
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'Anna Karenina' a tale always in fashion
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; `Anna Karenina' a tale always in fashion By CAROL DEPTOLLA of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, April 8, 2001 We haven't seen this much of Anna Karenina since she was on the party circuit in 1870s Russia. "Anna Karenina," Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, is popping up like cleavage at a 19th-century
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Sex, sex and more sex, and very little sense Channel 4's `Anna Karenina' has lost the plot, says Deborah Orr
The Independent - London
; Bearing in mind that the film-makers' intention was to "update" Anna Karenina, Channel 4's marketing department certainly plumped for a curiously retrograde advertising line. Commanded by the publicity to watch Channel 4's series with a view to weighing up whether Anna Karenina is a "tragic
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Was Anna Karenina always beautiful?
The Spectator
; ENERGY OF DELUSION: A BOOK ON PLOT by Viktor Shklovsky Dalkey Archive, 9.99, pp. 440, ISBN 9781564784266 7.99 (plus 2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 It's terribly distasteful and revolting. I am now going back to the boring and tasteless Anna Karenina, with the sole desire to finish and free up some
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IN PBS'S EMBRACE, UPDATED `ANNA KARENINA' REMAINS PURE.(Television)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; LIKE THE PRICE of western electricity these days, the price of happiness depends a lot on how much one has in one's reservoir, and how quickly one uses it up. Anna Karenina, the tragic figure in one of the great pieces of Western literature, would seem to have plenty. Comfortable and cared for, she
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DANCE REVIEW; Fast-paced theatrics tell tale of love, anguish; Eifman Ballet blends acting, dance in 'Anna Karenina'
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; The Eifman Ballet returned to Boston for it's fourth visit, opening a six-week U.S tour here last night with "Anna Karenina," inspired by Leo Tolstoy's famed 19th century novel. As always, the members of Eifman's troupe showed off their acting as well as dancing skills to perform a heart-wrenching
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