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...chansonniers are back. Those uniquely French stand-up political satirists had fallen relatively dormant during the less controversial, more prosperous Giscard era. Now they are thriving as never before and playing to full houses in the Théâtre des Deux Anes and other pocket-size theaters on the garish lower slopes of Montmartre. If the audience claps with delight, it is not at the Socialist government's heavenly victory so much as at the sight of the great and powerful being ridiculed. "The French have always enjoyed making fun of their politicians," exults Comedian Pierre Douglas...
...King tendency to equate himself with France's destiny led to his undoing. After the student and worker protests of May 1968, he demanded a referendum to confirm his mandate. He lost, resigned the presidency and retired to his home in the Lorraine village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. De Gaulle died less than two years later, at 79, while playing solitaire...
...since the great Soviet pair of the '60s, Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov, has anyone in skating so melded music, blades and bodies into a unified whole. Torvill and Dean performed an extended pas de deux in which difficult athletic feats are made to appear effortless, though the beat is so slow that the skaters can never build momentum. Like the music, the movements are eerily erotic and mesmerizing, and even for favorites, the program was a gamble. In winning, Torvill and Dean elevated an entire sport. Afterward, Dean brushed aside the mutters about single-tempo selection: "Maybe...
...Fashioned is mostly a medley of duets and solos for three couples. Some passages are soft and slithery; others, especially a pas de deux for Kyra Nichols and Sean Lavery, strike sparks. Gradually the number of dancers increases; at the end, the stage fills with formally dressed couples who dance gamely on as the dazzling film starts again. By curtain fall, only a few are left, raptly watching the screen. Along the way there are some hard nudges-too many bumping shoulders, for instance. Nor is the work well served by Morton Gould's empty variations on the Jerome...
...middle movement, to Façades, is as serene as its predecessor is clamorous. A lyrical melody floats above a simple, slightly shifting rhythmic pattern. A shadowy frieze of girls, tracing small, varied steps, embodies the pattern; two dancers (Maria Caligari, Bart Cook) perform a sinuous pas de deux to the melody. This is a mesmerizing piece. The last segment, to a boisterous excerpt from Glass's opera Akhnaten, is what his fans call "very Jerry": arms up, fingers splayed, keep it moving, get it right the first time. Across, around, up and down the stage sweep cadres...