Article: Yes, yes, Ninette. (Ninette de Valois celebrates her 100th birthday)(Column)

Ninette de Valois was one hundred years old on June 6. What can one say? Certainly she has won the dance longevity stakes. So far as I know, no major dancer, dance teacher, or choreographer has ever lived into a three-digit age. Marius Petipa, for example, was a mere stripling of ninety-two when he succumbed. If life expectancy is gradually extending, as it seems to be doing, a one-hundred-year-old dance figure may soon no longer be unique. For the time being, however, this century benchmark is the latest achievement of a woman who has already left an indelible mark on twentieth-century dance. It is, of course, far from being the most notable, nor is it at all untypical. ...

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