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part two

Setting New Standards

new york city ballet

Why George Balanchine Is Pleased with Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Lovely Dream of Balanchine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Balanchine’s Bugaku an Absorbing Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Wolf Trap Program Superb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

A View of Two Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

A Wildly Uneven Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

The Serious and the Funny with City Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Ballet’s Edison Keeps on Inventing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

A Violin Balanchine Can’t Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Dance’s Charm Unforced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

One First-Rate Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Balanchine Captures Spirit of Gershwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Variations, the Latest Oddity from Balanchine’s Fertile Mind . . . 69

Balanchine’s Elegance Outshines Robbins’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Assessing the Balanchine Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

At a Gathering Full of Fine Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Robbins’ Idyllic, Calm Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Goldberg Touches Mind, Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Contents

Outside Time, Out-of-Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Concern for New York City Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Ballet from the Depths of the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Ballerina: A Beautiful Time for Dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86