Word: acte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skepticism aside, it is perhaps the most utterly splendid spectacle of the holiday season. More than a showcase for dancing, The Nutcracker is a sensory experience--from scenery to costumes to the memorable Tchaikovsky score. And the Boston Ballet production (with a first act that was entirely revamped last year) succeeds admirably in realizing a beautiful overall effect guaranteed to convert even the most cynical grinch to the holiday spirit...
...Boston Ballet School, inevitably lack the precision that comes with years of training. Perhaps a reflection of the collaborative efforts of multiple choreographers (Anna-Marie Holmes, Bruce Marks, Sydney Leonard and Daniel Pelzig) rather than of one person's vision, the many dances sometimes appear disjointed. Certain scenes in Act II could definitely profit from some alterations. The dance of the Russian soldiers in scene six, accompanied by possibly the most rousing segment of Tchaikovsky's score, fails to project the same enthusiasm present in the music. Equally anti-climactic is the Arabian Coffee dance in scene three...
...through in several instances. Most notable were the two principal couples: the Snow Queen and King (Pollyana Ribeiro and Alex Lapshin) and the Sugerplum Fairy and Cavalier (Larissa Ponomerenko and Giuseppe Picone) in their grand pas de deux. Overall the corps de ballet performed well, although the snowflakes in Act I lacked the precision of the lovely Act II flowers...
...trademark owners can prove an act of "cybersquatting," they can recover statutory damages...
...While most people familiar with the case agree that Ray, if he was the killer, probably didn't act alone, White says "at this point it's probably impossible to get to the whole truth of what happened," and that there's virtually no chance of linking the federal government to the murder...