Suzanne Farrell, a Muse Who Never Failed to Amaze From: The Washington Post | Date: December 4, 2005| Author: | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Of Suzanne Farrell, the famed Belgian choreographer Maurice Bejart once said, his French accent caressing the words, "She is like a violin -- the music come out of that body." Indeed, she was a prima ballerina of supreme lyricism, long of limb and sensitive of soul, a dancer of daring, a dancer for whom music was everything. And when she left his company, Bejart wept. But he understood. It had to be. He always knew that she belonged with -- or was it to? -- George Balanchine.

Long hailed as this country's greatest dancer, Farrell was the ultimate muse, the muse of a Russian man who ...

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