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Strictly speaking, the Wednesday night program of the Sadler's Wells Ballet did not contain much true ballet. "The Rake's Progress" is more a mimeo-drama than a ballet; and "Dante Sonata" contains a great many elements of modern interpretive dancing. The remaining two selections were the lightweight "Les Patineurs," and the brief pas de deux from Act III of "Sleeping Beauty," which was hardly more than a glimpse...
Nevertheless, the Sadler's Wells Company had ample opportunity to demonstrate the discipline and artistry for which it has been acclaimed. Whatever defeats exist in the program originate with the choreographer, rather than the dancers. "Les Patineurs" is pleasant enough to watch, and it affords Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina, and Brian Shaw the opportunity to show off their virtuosity...
With time & money to do only three fresh works for his fast-developing young company this season (he did five last year, plus one for Britain's Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet), Balanchine made one of them a sure-fire novelty. He decided to introduce his fans to the music of one of his favorite composers, Glinka ("the Verdi of Russia," says Balanchine), and one of his favorite dances, the fiery mazurka. Who could set its style better than Balanchine himself...
...choice to head the new superagency. Vice presidents at large: Mildred McAfee Horton, World War II commander of the WAVES, onetime (1936-49) president of Wellesley College; Abbie Clement Jackson, executive secretary of the African Episcopal Zion Church Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society; Dr. McGruder Ellis Sadler, president of Texas Christian University; and the University of Pennsylvania's President Harold Stassen. Treasurer: General Electric's President Charles E. Wilson. As operating head, with the title of general secretary, the delegates elected Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, who has held the same job at the Federal Council...
Reporter Eldon Griffiths, of our Los Angeles bureau, saw the Sadler's Wells Ballet production of Swan Lake in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium last week, and wrote: "From the muffled whispers in the row behind me, I gathered that four elderly ladies, sitting together, were experts on the whole performance. They chatted knowingly about Ninette de Valois' discovery of Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, discussed the merits of Karsavina, Pavlova, Markova, noted the fact that Danseur Michael Somes had spent four years in the British army during the war. During the intermission, I turned round, curious to see these...