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Ivan Nagy: The Gentleman of Ballet Speaks His Mind
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11087 |
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THE ARTS
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3 / 1986 |
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Gregory Speck
Gregory Speck is a freelance arts writer based in New York
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Regarded as the finest danseur noble of his generation, Ivan Nagy concluded an illustrious career at the summit of American Ballet Theatre, where as premier danseur he was the preferred partner of many of that once august company's stellar ballerinas, including Natalia Makarova (whom he partnered as Albrecht in her American debut as Giselle) the lithe and elegant Cynthia Gregory, and the tempestuous and controversial Gelsey Kirkland.
In 1978, Nagy left the celebrated company to establish a new career, but he soon found that his calling was in the world of the classics of grand romantic ballet. Following a few teaching assignments, he accepted the invitation to become artistic director of the Ballet de Santiago of Chile, which he recently brought to New York's City Center for the troupe's American debut. After a mere four years, he has transformed that provincial company into a tight ensemble of international standing and they have been invited back for a future season.
Several days after the New York engagement, the Cincinnati/New Orleans Ballet--an eleventh-hour creation designed to preserve two important, but struggling, regional dance companies--announced that Nagy would assume the position of its artistic director. However, during this three year contract he intends to remain on a close basis with his South American company as well.
The trend toward consolidation is a significant one, as indicated by the bicoastal home basing of the Joffrey Ballet in both New York and Los Angeles, the joint headquarters of the Murray Louis and Alvin Nikolais Dance Companies in Manhattan, and the congregation of vulnerable troupes around both
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