Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 94

K4 EXINGTON HFHALD LEADFH LEXINGTON KY SUNDAY AUGUST 2 1992 From the ArtsEntertainment front Herald-LeaderlChartoa Bertram Above: Dancers get instruction from program's artistic director is at left Left: Rebecca Rodriguez a native Cincinnati Ballet in 1988 a videotape Kirt Hathaway the of the Philippines joined the SHOW: Ballet Under Stars begins Thursday on Woodland Park stage ticket buyers has slipped out of its grasp Beginning with the 1969-90 season the Lexington Ballet began building its own company Despite hopes that Lexington would have its own Bolshoi overnight the results have been mixed Some of the best dancers have gone to other companies But given the size and resources of the local company being a steppingstone to better work is something the Lexington Ballet is always going to have to deal with Since the 1991-92 season ended the performance company has undergone a near-complete turnover The 1992-93 company will be new to Lexington except for the talented Mikelle Bruzina who has been with the Lexington Ballet before and is returning from studying dance in Japan The Lexington Ballet has filled slot quickly by hiring a new ballet mistress in English-born Rosemary Miles But ballet lovers will have to wait until the Lexington Ballet's preview performance Sept 12 at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts to get an idea of what this new personnel can accomplish Most signs indicate a reawakening at the Lexington Ballet perhaps in time to keep the momentum going even without a free event to kick off the year BALLET: Local company missing from showcase From Page K1 that Hathaway with whom they had just parted company had been hired by the paries department to produce Ballet Under the Stars they withdrew from what might have developed into an awkward situation Most of the people Hathaway has assembled are seasoned young or up-and-coming artists who have embraced dance as a profession For those unfamiliar with the quality of the dancers in the Cincinnati Ballet this program should be an eye-opener Five of the Cincinnati dancers are in this ensemble This will be Hathaway's last dance task in Lexington He has been hired as artistic director of Ballet Arkansas in little Rock His wife Linda will become a principal dancer there mid will teach ironic that at a time when die Lexington Ballet should be in the spotlight with a new season a new ballet mistress a new troupe of company members and four nights of free performances to show off it isn't If 8 a frustrating situation for the Lexington Ballet A summer program the group conceived to tease a big audience of potential I SOLVE-IT AFTER 21 Ksg2 Tal 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a Fischer BLACK TO PLAY Solution to Beginner's Corner: 1 Rh6ch! Kxh6 (the pawn is Qxg8 Kristen Cox of Lexington will join a potpourri of dancers for Ballet Under the Stars IrNEWYORKVnMES'CROSSWORD ESS 'bfiShelbTZfman Heratt-LeaderCharlas Bertram CORNER MkM BMie i mm WlM mrmim mt i Wk Bi a WHITE WINS THE QUEEN White move Meridith Benson a member of the Cincinnati Ballet is originally from Richmond Miller is a former member of the Lexington Ballet company Hathaway was the company's ballet master and associate artistic director Hathaway and Allen will dance the remaining pas de deux Waters" Other dancers on this program include Peter Suarez and Lance Hendrix formerly with the Lexington Ballet and Delilah Smyth a former Lexington Ballet member who will join the Louisville Ballet in the fall A Isa David Cessler originally from Louisville and now a member of the Oregon Ballet Theatre Kara Bruzina Christy Campbell Jennifer Hummer and Kristen Cox of Lexington and Leslie LeBreck of Day-ton a guest dancer last year with the Lexington Ballet NoT 07261 1 MALESKA 78 Eldest in Essonne 78 Forkeepa 70 Have markers out 80 Tout le 81 writer 83 'Duck Soup actor 83 Complete: Comb form 88 Made certain with 'up' OOSahlfrom Montreal 90 Match king Kreuger 01 Computer list 92 Dissolve 93 Gold in Genova 90 Make at (try) 00 A star of The Collector" 00 Missile description 100 Woes 101 Actor Bates 102 Cumin eg 108 Warm mountain wind: Var 107 'AGirt and a Gob 1941 film 108 Di-dab's pteceder 100 Cotied ion of anecdotes 111 like wind and rain 113 Bernard who I'M 118: 117 1 118 Atroupial lit Loosen (none way 120 Of a klttiwake 121 TS and George 122 Temps at limes 123 Ice-snaped often 124 Of Mary's lamb 129 Msgic Jackson was one 128 Schwarzkopf ordinary duds 131 Inquiring expressions 132 Ten: Comb form 133 USAunita 134 From 136 Foster's Unde 135 Gatwirk letters I3S Slangy refusal From Page K1 graduate of the Cincinnati School of the Performing and Creative Arts Allen is in her fourth season with the ballet Benson Rodriguez and Fu are soloists with the Cincinnati Ballet Allen and De La Nuez are in the ballet corps Benson and De La Nuez will dance a pas de deux by Tchaikovsky Allen and Jacob Sparso from Ballet Dallas in Texas will dance the Festival" pas de deux Dancing No a pas de deux by Vincent Falardo ballet master of the Louisville Ballet will be Kirt Hathaway artistic director of the Ballet Under the Stars program and his wife Linda Miller nj i ATKINSONEDITED BY EUGENE group) 13 Mother quaff 43 Salver 40 Cheatin' Heart' 1952 song 47 Glissaded 48 Glut 49 A stringed instrument: 90 Banquet 91 'King Goodman film 92 Name the price S3 Below in Berlin 94 Logged 50 Hwy hydrants 81 Cahn product 83 Pearl Mosque site 04 Kindof conservation 00 Thin broth 07 Yang's counterpart 80 Roles in The 72 Mad follower 74 AM A members 73 Sonny Shroyer role (other of Minos 13 Bird shot 14 Human of films 19 Aphorism 10 -The jealousy hea ret all things': Apocrypha 17 By any means 18 rovefist Ken 20 Aerie location perhaps 21 Daybooks: Abbr 22 Most pallid 24 Inthethickof 29 Fatherofthe Sphinx 32 MacDonalds et si S3 Former Boston pitcher 34 15 Prelude to an invention 30 Events at meets 39 Selassie 30 Title for GHWB 40 Nabokov novel 41 Miss Muffed Bob' Lee BY NANCY ACROSS 1 Satellite launched in 1968 4 Antarctic cape 5 Stairway poet 14 Command to Fldo 15 Wrangler 21 Director Logan from Tex 22 Copyright violator IS CAN NOW BE TOLD 2S Marketplace 2S Old terms of address 27 Schoolaof thought IS Calls at Fenway Park Field mouse 11 EVed 1961 film 12 Colombian city II LAST MONTH 89 Copycat 92 Exemplar 94 Control buttons 95 Jackie of "The Pslefsce 97 Too fervent 1S1 Aconcagua's location 1S3 Emit like Etna 1B4 Kurosawa epic IBS The the Golden West' 1938 film 107 THEY SPIED AN GUARDING A GROUP 119 BUT WITH THEY SNEAKED UP 111 Marathoner Maikova 114 Fist tag-on 119 WhatSiskel and Ebert do US AND WERE WITNESSES AS 17 WITH A 12S FLASHED THE 42 Navy-yard area 43 Amnesia's slave 127 Drury Lane 44 Author Shere compoaer 128 Part of AC 49 WHO HAD 129 Grapes SWUM UP ISO Assyrian god FROM 3 First Olympics 40 BOARDED THE gite 132 Honeybunch 139 Suit or atoll SS The third day TO THE WHO WHISPERED 'ROGER! saw a purple cow" Fortune 900 groups Gator comprehend Wmwd old style Pocatello's place Hebrew dry 97 Director Bu huel's billow 39 Genuine in 90 Bright 00 Tarn-piece outfit 143 02 ghost OSAGiantaMO 144 00 Sondheim-Styne musical 145 00 Gen Wingate of iji WWII JT 70 Cairo cobra 71 Vandyke's brother 73 Inlet 74 ignoble 1 77 AFTER DOCKING 3 DOWN 04 Singer Jerry 3 05 Pasture grazer 4 80 ActressFlora 3 07 LoeertoDDE Giant chaser DOWN The the Apostles Paste made hum sesame seeds Volume units Communications codeword Croasamrd dues: Abbr Bluer: 1929 song Ethnic Isolate aa Napoleon Us to Ovid Frhard's therapy The (rock Stumped? Call Mikhail TaL the former world champion who recently died in Moscow at the age of 55 was an authentic genius of chess So awesome were his mental powers that one famous grandmaster complained that it was unfair to have to play Tal because he had the memory and calculating ability of a computer But Tal was much more than a human chess machine He was an elemental creative force as well a man who had a passionate love affair with chess and life itself His brilliance at the chessboard charming wit modesty and warmth earned him global admiration and affection From his youth the of Riga" suffered from a chronic and often debilitating illness resulting finally in his premature death But despite his poor health the gifted grandmaster embraced life to its fullest always grateful for the considerable blessings bestowed on him I first met Tal in 1956 He was a vital dark-haired young man with a piercing but friendly stare and a striking persona charisma Thirty years later I met him again in Brussels Before me there appeared a man who seemed 10 or 15 years older than his actual age But it was the same Tal with the same chess powers and wit even more respected and admired than before by those around him I said to him during an interview a few days later years ago you said the best game you ever played was with your young wife on your honeymoon" is still the best game" he said quickly question: If you could be a chess piece which one would you choose?" would chtxwe to be a passed pawn" he replied why a passed pawn?" 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