glebb

On 2nd thought, Weese should portray Kathy in Wuthering Heights. The search for Scarlett begins!

Cargill, I remember reading in the NYTimes review of the short lived musical that an actor playing a dead soldier rolled over on to the the horses'....contribution, to avoid the curtain. I used to picture Susan Jaffe as Scarlett but Lillian, you are correct, Miranda Weese is Scarlett

Rebecca Wright was ending her dance career at Joffrey just as I became a member of Joffrey II. In her last season with the company she only danced DEUCE COUPE II and JEUX DE CARTES. She also performed CINDERELLA PAS DE DEUX at The Delecourt Theatre with Kevin McKenzie. She next joined ABT where some people liked her portrayal Clara even better then Gelsey's. Starr Danias had the look of the perfect ballerina. Many roles were created for her in Arpino ballets. Her technique was quite strong despite her frail looking body. However, she never danced Titania in THE DREAM, nor any of the ballerina roles in Mr. Joffrey's PAS DES DEESSES, which makes me think she was not one of the more classical dancers in the company. Starr did dance LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE with Nureyev. Later, on tour, I got to dance SPECTRE with her. She was a wonderful partner and a person I will always thank for the wise advice she had to give in dance and life. Starr acted and danced on THE LOVE BOAT and in THE TURNING POINT. I heard that her TURNING POINT role had been written with Cynthia Gregory in mind. Starr was ABT by the time she filmed THE TURNING POINT and had danced Blue Bird Pas in SLEEPING BEAUTY. Starr returned to Joffrey and then left again to pursue an acting career on broadway, going into Makarova's role in certain performances of ON YOUR TOES. As far as I know, Starr is married, lives in Santa Monica and teaches ballet. [This message has been edited by glebb (edited September 07, 2000).]

I saw Makarova at THE MET in the full length ballet THE BLUE ANGEL. I think it was choreographed by Roland Petit for her.

After a hard day's work, it was wonderful to read the article on Fanny Elssler. How nice to remember the romance of ballet. PS. In 1987 I stayed at the Hotel Alba Palace in Vienna. There was a restaurant named in honor of Fanny Elssler.

Makarova will always be my favorite. I saw NYCB a lot in the Misha days and the ballerinas were beautiful. Nichols was wonderful. I like Miranda Weese. She's beautiful and strong. She has quite an enchanting spirit.