Word: boleros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Composers have long recognized the hypnotic impact of repeated melody: the grinding pathos of the Albinoni Adagio; the inexorable drive of Ravel's Bolero; the serene radiance of Gandhi's final aria in Glass's Satyagraha. None of these pieces, however, approach in length or cumulative impact a new work by British composer Gavin Bryars, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, which is at once an apotheosis of minimalist technique and a moving affirmation of the power of simple song...
...gender reversals among the cast. Actress Cori Lynn Peterson is cast as boy mechanic Billy Biker, Stranger's sidekick. Japanese Mr. Yamarama is played by Bryan Van Gorder, a white actor. "Frank" and "Hank" (Sarah Sidman and Vonnie Roemer) are two valley-girl types wearing black sunglasses and neon bolero tops...
This second half, as well as the ending, might be considered oversentimental. However, the sentimentality is integral to the bolero, and as such is perfectly appropriate...
...second half, the movie changes course, drifting into a bolero that uses softer, lusher overtones. Together, Glimcher and his cast reveal the human and tragic qualities of the characters...
...rarely do a couple bring such artistry and innovation to the sport that they leave unerasable tracks in the ice long after they have retired from amateur competition. In 1984 Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean did just that with their gold-winning Olympic performance to Ravel's Bolero. Now come France's Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, a sister-and-brother team as explosive and exotic as Torvill and Dean were cool and polished. If the British champions were elegance on ice, the French pair set the rink afire...