Word: bravura
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Boston Ballet’s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of character, allowing the superb technique and humor of its dancers to shine through. Fortunately, the dancers’ energy and comic bravura compensate for any lack of emotional impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts...
Watching Tony Blair electrify his party conference with a bravura, perfectly pitched speech that left them cheering and in tears, it felt little different from those heady early days of Britain's New Labour. And to judge from the waterfall of "bold, radical" policy ideas that spouted during the week from baby-faced ministers[an error occurred while processing this directive] such as David Miliband and James Purnell, the party's next generation of leaders has plenty of steam. That was the upbeat side of Labour's annual conference last week in Manchester. But its evil twin lurked close...
...those who don't savor Ferrell's brand of comic bravura, there are exchanges like this, in which Ricky Bobby - who bleeds red, white and blue while not chugging beer - tries to lap Jean Girard (Sacha Cohen), the gay Frenchman who sips espresso while racing his car, sponsored by Perrier...
...Galchenkos when they juggle is like watching gravity get turned off. There's a moment of stillness, and then, with no obvious cue from either of them, the air is full of flying clubs, spinning in intricate orbits. The Galchenkos' juggling is beautiful--a kind of kinetic sculpture, a bravura display of human determination bringing order to the chaotic physical world. (For video footage of the Galchenkos' juggling, visit time.com/juggling....
...casual perversity of the rural Irish character, Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West) comes closer to self-parody than is probably advisable, as the body count (well, body-part count) exceeds that of all his other plays put together. Still, it's a bravura black comedy that shows off one of the most original and seductive voices in theater today...