Review of Gelsey Kirkland in the role of Giselle, partnered by Patrick Bissell in a performance with the Eglevsky Ballet, the Feld Ballet in Eliot Feld's new ballet, Straw hearts, at the Joyce Theater, New York, Alwin Nikolais' new work, Pond, at the City Center, Molissa Fenley in a solo concert, and Brian Macdonald as choreographer and director of the New York City Opera's new production of Alceste. Includes a brief tribute to Walter Terry who died in early October 1982.