Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Edith Wharton communicated verbally that the story might have been better without flashbacks" so there is "a precedent to tell the story in a different way." "People are turned off by Ethan Frome simply by the way it's narrated. Wharton had the story down, then mechanically applied this 19th century device which distances the reader from the characters...
...list of heroes, whether from the 18th,19th or 20th centuries, no one ranks higherthan--and it is difficult for me to find the equalof--John Lewis...
...first selection, "Pas de Quarte," choreographed by Jules Perrot, was originally tailored to showcase the abilities of the 19th century's premiere ballerinas: Marie Taglioni, Carla Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucile Grahn. This epic performance by the four dancers became infamous for its air of heated rivalry, each woman vying for the spotlight and the audience's attention. In this 20th century rendition, four women re-enacted the parts of these famous ballerinas. The Conservatory students amusingly portrayed this onstage tension through exaggerated, flowery arm movements and strained smiles, plastered across the face of each dancer. The underlying competition, acted...
...world premiere of faculty member Monica Levy's "Tongue in Cheek" rounded off this diverse program of 19th century old-school ballet and unconventional tribal dance-steps. This jazzy medley of five vignettes set to Gershwin classics celebrates the 1998 Gershwin Centennial with its toe-tapping tunes and playful pas de deux between the 10 male and female performers. The costumes and make-shift veranda almost seemed lifted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, as the stunning starlettes shimmied amongst the debonnaire gents in brazen precocity. One was almost tempted to swoon vicariously through the dancers as they linked arms...
...Boston arts community has been waiting anxiously for three years. Finally, the wait is over--the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Blue Room is reopening. The room holds several of the Museum's most noteworthy 19th-century acquisitions, including Manet, Delacroix, and Courbet, as well as letters and photographs of such notables as Emerson, the Jameses, Oliver Wendell Holmes and George Santayana. Tues. to Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 280 The Fenway, Boston. 566-1401. $10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 college students, free for those under...