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Article: SARATOGA PAS DE DEUX BALLET MASTER MUSES ON THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S FUTURE AT SPAC, EVEN WHILE WORRYING ABOUT THE PRESENT.(SHOWTIME)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 21, 1996
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Byline: STEVE BARNES Staff writer
SARATOGA SPRINGS A funny place, this Saratoga. It will disappoint you till your heart breaks, yet you'll forgive it every time. And you'll keep coming back.
We could be talking about horse racing. Today, though, the subject is the New York City Ballet and its leader, Peter Martins.
For the dance company's ballet master in chief, disappointment and forgiveness are the pattern of art as well as sport. Box-office figures distress him. Balance sheets show totals on the wrong side of zero. Yet he's confident enough to stage one of the few world-premiere ballets ever at the company's upstate summer home, the ...