1.   For although his daughter Maire never became a top ballet star she is a member of a highly successful family band.

2.   And with the leavening of sensuous charisma offered by Bocca, a seasoned international ballet star, the evening was a happy one.

3.   As head of entire Bolshoi Theater, Vasilyev, a former ballet star, was responsible for both artistic and administrative policy.

4.   Alexandra Danilova, an internationally popular ballet star known for her vivacity and theatrical flair, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan.

5.   But he suggested more than a ballet star with the best pointed feet and straightest legs around.

6.   He was known for a serenity that did not fail him even when tested by the most volatile of ballet stars.

7.   Mikhail Baryshnikov, the ballet star, received a special citation for establishing the White Oak Dance Project, a troupe that emphasizes contemporary choreography.

8.   No one seems to agree on how to describe Vladimir Malakhov, the Russian ballet star now in his debut season with American Ballet Theater.

9.   Rare is the ballet star who creates a new image of a familiar role and even of what dancing can be.

10.   A Moscow court began hearing a lawsuit Thursday in which a leading Russian ballet star claims a newspaper falsely reported she had a daughter, according to news reports.