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...evocative of American Indian ceremonies, jolted everyone out of their seats with its stark contrast in mood. The seven dancers, each representing a historical Indian figure, writhed and twisted across the stage to a silent rhythm maintained only by the stomping of feet and the slapping of palms. The backdrop was illuminated by sprays of colored light, shifting shape and texture with each transition in the choreography. The audience was overwhelmed by the sheer strength of movement and the intensity of the combinations, both enhanced by the prowess of the Conservatory dancers. Each solo was marked by particular nuances: expansive...
McGruff is definitely capable of keeping up a beat; he shows this talent best in the opening number "Gruff Express," which maintains a lively backdrop as McGruff expounds on his plans for success and fame. Other exceptional pieces include "What Cha Doin' To Me" and "What You Want," both of which combine catchy backgrounds with the fast-paced lyrics...
...promise from the Book of Revelations. Entire careers germinate and blossom from cliche rhymes, jacked beats and videos with big breasts spread across massive mansions; and every so often rapping prophets warn us about the Apocalypse behind the corner of the next edition of Rap City. Against this backdrop, lyrical nerds wonder aloud, who will save...
...Studio" also, in its juxtapositions of time and space, shows the influence of cinema and collage in ways that are taken up in other of Mansen's works. "Schlafzimmer" (Bedroom) is a work composed of four prints. The first shows a bedroom backdrop, done in monochrome. The next introduces a green figure; the next a red blanket; the next a yellow figure; in a simply elegant way, Mansen gives woodcuts the power of cinematic narrative. Another print, "Kuche, Telle" (Kitchen, Parts), simply shows the objects to be found in a kitchen, a pot, a bowl, a fork and knife...
...second act sets were equally beautiful, adding to the gloom and sorrow of the graveyard and representing both the betrayal of the past and the perpetual sadness of the present and future. The backdrop of dead and broken trees matched the single wooden cross marking Giselle's grave at the front of the stage. The simplicity of the sets complemented the pure white long tutus of the wilis and the bouquet of white lilies that Albrecht let fall one by one over Giselle's grave...