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...student audience to pay attention to the new words and foreign concepts. While some of the theological ideas in which Saul instructs his students and daughter add an interesting philosophical dimension to the movie, the directors and screenwriters spend too much time establishing the complicated religious background, hindering the audience??s appreciation of the narrative. Trying to weave both character development and philosophical discussion may have worked in Goldberg’s novel, but falls apart in the film adaptation. The central theme of the movie, of insignificant parts coming together to form a whole of immeasurable meaning?...
...initiated the THUD performance in the same way, she said, that all THUD performances begin—by having the audience perform. Dividing up and assigning each audience section an instrument, Palchaudhuri led each one in playing various rhythms before having the whole audience synthesize their performances. With the audience??s rhythms in the background, the THUD performers filed onto stage, completing the interactive musical piece with their own parts. The THUD interaction with the audience not only engaged it but also served as a creative way to exploit the audience??s inevitable clapping to benefit...
...then had the entire audience perform this gestural dance, and the experience of sitting amid the sea of gesturing arms and participating in the dance truly evoked a comforting sense of shared experience. The dancers onstage repeated this dance of gestures towards the conclusion of the piece. The audience??s personal stake in that dance made seeing its final recapitulation especially poignant, and deepened the sense that evening managed to tackle large concepts and devastating emotions through brilliant artistry. —Staff writer Marin J.D. Orlosky can be reached at orlosky@fas.harvard.edu...
...wanted to boo their friends off the stage. The only two acts were chased off stage were Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08—who offered a wise-cracking magic show—and the dance group Impulse. Most groups were lucky enough to gain the audience??s approval. Jared B. Lucas ’09’s clear falsetto rendering of Maxwell’s “This Woman’s Work” was interspersed with whistling, applause, and cries of “That’s right, Jared...
...their technically difficult closing piece, “The Rite of Spring” (known to most audience??s for its inclusion in Disney’s “Fantasia), the orchestra was finally given center stage to demonstrate its strong skills, independent of individual performers. The full orchestra ably captured the dramatic and frenzied mood of the piece. Of special note were the moving opening solo by bassoonist David L. Richmond ’06 and the resounding performance by the brass section, which effectively redeemed the section after their slightly pinched sound in their opening...