<P>Nina Ananiashvili in The Dying Swan<P>Photo by Rosalie O'Connor<P><BR>Reviews of ABT's Special Gala celebrating their 60th Anniversary. The evening featured Twyla Tharp's new work for the Company, "Variations on a Theme by Haydn". The article makes the point that Tharp has now choreographed more works for ABT than anyone else. However, Clive Barnes found it '…proved disappointingly bland.' <P>One highlight of the Gala was Ananiashvili in 'The Dying Swan':<P> <A HREF="http://www.nypost.com/theatre/3664.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nypost.com/theatre/3664.htm</A> <P><BR>Octavia Rota has a superb evening, but is also unimpressed by the new Twyla Tharp work.<BR> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/10/DD32058.DTL" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/10/DD32058.DTL</A> <P><BR>And here is the review by Mary Campbell of Associated Press:<P> <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000509/14/ent-dance-abt" TARGET=_blank>http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000509/14/ent-dance-abt</A> <P><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited May 11, 2000).]

<BR>Photo Paul B. Goode<P> <BR>Photo David Calle<P>Photos of Julie Kent and Angel Corella who were featured in the Act 2 pdd from Kevin McKenzie's new "Swan Lake"