Stars offer Virtuosity By MARTIN CLARK Journal Music Editor Not just physical virtu- osity was offered in the performance Tuesday night in the Civic Audito- rium by the Stars of American Ballet, but a graphic variety ranging from samples of the great Romantic ballets to grip- ping portrayals involving modern dance terms. An audience of about 1,700 was present for the performance presented by Celebrity Attractions. A different program will be performed Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Unquestionably the star of the evening was Fernando Bujones, the young (22) American dancer of Cuban parent- age who took Portland by storm a few seasons ago when he stepped in for an injured colleague. The first American to win (in 1974) the gold medal in the Varna (Bulgaria) Dance Competition, Bu- jones Wednesday night demonstrated a studied, disciplined grace to match the physical virtu- osity of his sensational leaps and turns. Opposite him was Ma- rianna Tcherkassky, a pe- tite beauty whose ele- gance of line was consist- ent throughout the eve- ning. They make a hand- some couple, a true bal- lerina and a genuine dan- seur noble. Between them they captured that grand sweep of Romantic ballet personified in their per- formance of the Tschaikowsky ‘‘Nut- cracker” pas de deux and and Adolphe Adam's “Le Corsaire” pas de deux. Poignant drama was provided by Phyllis Pa- pa's picture of the totally innocent young girl and her equally innocent young lover who encoun- ter three crude characters who rape her. Her young Oregon Journal, October 26, 1977 lover's solicitude gradual- ly turns into violent physical desire and he. too, rapes her. The Papa depiction of sweet inno- cence will be difficult to match. Opening the evening was the Balanchine “Valse-Fantaisie,"” a graceful pastel abstract, and concluding the eve- ning was “Solstice,” some ingenious choreog- raphy by Stephen K. Sim- mons to the intriguing score of “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfiels. Rick Paul's sets and costumes and Paul Butler's lighting were superb.