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...story, which weaves the comments of workers from a Chengdu factory with three fictional monologues, delivered by distinguished actresses of three periods of Chinese cinema: Joan Chen, Lu Liping and Zhao Tao. "As far as I'm concerned," Jia says in a program note, "history is always a blend of facts and imagination...
Lifestyle Pets targets the same economic stratus with its hypoallergenic kittens (from $5,950), ready-trained “family protector” German Shepherds (from $85,000) and—most controversially—the giant “luxury” Ashera cat, a genetic blend of African and Asian wildcats with the domestic cat, which costs over $125,000 a pop. All of these engineered animals can be ordered online. Whatever happened to the magic of picking out a family pet at the animal shelter? Today, that idyllic episode has become obsolete; we can instead visit...
...clever one Trust the Danes to come up with a seamless blend of style and savvy. This sleek number, in glazed white terra-cotta, was created by Claus Jensen and Henrik Holbaek (a.k.a. Copenhagen design duo Tools) for homewares store Eva Solo. It comes with entrance-hole fittings in four sizes, catering to tenants as small as wrens or as big as sparrows. Heat-reflective, it keeps the chicks from frying in summer. www. evasolo.com...
...previous half. “Contra Finem” was the first actual performance of the second half. Set to a live cello Brahms piece, Schreier’s modern choreography was complex, compelling, and absolutely stunning. The dancers lived up to the difficult choreography with a beautiful blend of angularity and fluidity.This group piece rivaled “Suffered Silence,” a solo choreographed and performed by Merritt A. Moore ’10, for the best performance of the evening. Moore choreographed for herself a very challenging, enthralling piece, brilliantly setting it to Rob Dougan?...
...Remaining competitive in an increasingly crowded global entertainment market challenges Disney to find the right balance between the formulaic familiar and the innovative, and thus far that blend proved elusive in Hong Kong -the gateway to a vast number of Asian visitors whose exposure to Disney storylines is lower. Last year's annual report noted that revenue growth at the resort in Paris was offset by Hong Kong's low attendance. Management hopes that "Small World" will help turn things around, but that may be a tall order, even for over 2,000 pounds of glitter and 241 dolls...