21.   Eugene Polyakov, a Bolshoi-trained ballet master who assisted Rudolf Nureyev at the Paris Opera Ballet, has died, a newspaper reported.

22.   He also threw an olive branch to Grigorovich, saying the ballet master was among the top talents he hoped would stage individual productions.

23.   Ivan F. Novikoff, a Russian immigrant ballet master whose students included Robert Joffrey, has died.

24.   La Bayadere and Paquita are masterpieces of the famous Franco-Russian ballet master and choreographer Marius Petipa.

25.   Stowell and Russell are among about two dozen Balanchine dancers who became company directors or ballet masters.

26.   The ballet master and his supporters say Kokonin meddled with creative work and proposed a new hiring system than could hurt performers.

27.   They told the audience they were too upset over the resignation of ballet master Yuri Grigorovich to perform.

28.   Theater director Vladimir Kokonin has squabbled with long-time ballet master, Yuri Grigorovich, who opposes the proposed shakeup.

29.   They told the flabbergasted audience they were too upset over the resignation of ballet master Yuri Grigorovich to perform.