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I'd met him a week earlier, when Jane Hermann took me to a rehearsal of [Bob Bowyer]'s comic ballet "Piece d'Occasion," which was to have its world premiere at the July 8 star-studded Gala Performance at the Met. Hermann, who was producing the gala, had hired me to write the...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Robert W. Larkin
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 27.07.1986
EditionCombined editions
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Bowyer, Bob
McKenzie, Kevin
Setterfield, Valda
Van Hamel, Martine
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Summary:I'd met him a week earlier, when Jane Hermann took me to a rehearsal of [Bob Bowyer]'s comic ballet "Piece d'Occasion," which was to have its world premiere at the July 8 star-studded Gala Performance at the Met. Hermann, who was producing the gala, had hired me to write the commentary for the performance and Bowyer's work required a one-line introduction. When they finished, Bowyer introduced me to my fellow artistes, including Valda Setterfield, who would play the "neutral judge." Slim, cool and veddy English, she was perfectly cast. Bowyer himself was to play the American judge. Tall and blond, looking more like a lumberjack than a dancer, he, too, was perfectly cast. On to the day of the gala. At the dress rehearsal, I put on my tuxedo and joined Setterfield and Bowyer on stage behind the judges' table. The curtain rose. The music began. The French made their entrance upstage left. As I turned to face them, I saw Rudolf Nureyev standing in that wing. Next I looked right to watch van [Martine van Hamel] and [Kevin McKenzie] enter. There stood Baryshnikov.