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Oleg Vinogradov: The Man Behind the Kirov |
| Section: THE ARTS / DANCE |
| Author: Maya Wallach |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,844 Words, 10,543 Characters |
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Oleg Vinogradov, the 53-year-old artistic director of St. Petersburg's Kirov Ballet, was easy to sport--all in white, except for the blue stripes on his shirt and the gold chains on his shiny white loafers--but hard to catch. A tense, contained man--he reminded me of Baryshnikov--he prowled backstage at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium like a restless wolf, alert for any sign of trouble. Silent and unsmiling, he was most animated during rehearsals, jumping out of his chair every twenty seconds to exaggerate each wrong gesture. The moment rehearsal was over, he detoured to examine a set model for a future production, and then he was off prowling the wings again.
It took three press agents and days of patience to lure him into his dressing room during an intermission in Swan Lake for the...
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...l, some of the problems were here in Los Angeles. So that wasn't the end, I think.
Wallach: Not the end of the problems?
Vinogradov: No. Just the first rehearsal. (Although Vinogradov had spoken in Russian throughout the interview, relying on Russian Prof. Igor Stupnikov to translate, he repeated his last sentence in quiet English.) Only the first rehearsal . . . unfortunately.
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