Word: bravura
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...other hand, the concerto by Takemitsu, 54, is a delicate, elusive short piece in one movement that is more obviously Joycean in its free-flowing play of ideas. Hardly a bravura technical display, it is instead restrained; if Albert's River Liffey is sometimes a raging torrent, Takemitsu's is a gentle stream...
Ballerina Merrill Ashley has considerably more than a character to offer in her painstaking book. Today she is one of the glories of the New York City Ballet, a sunny allegro virtuoso. In his introduction, British Critic Clement Crisp likens her style to bravura pianism or flawless coloratura. As Ashley documents it, however, her career was not a prestissimo ascent. It took a decade of intense, disciplined practice to perfect her astounding technique and years onstage to learn how to present herself effectively. In the early pages, the author-dancer shows just how lost a youngster can be, even...
...billion shares, a 6.9% increase over 1983. Stock prices, though, declined for the first time in three years. The Dow Jones industrial average closed on New Year's Eve at 1211.57, a drop of 47 points, or 3.7%, from 1983. Last year had begun with bull-market bravura that sent the Dow to a peak of 1286.64 on Jan. 6, less than a point below the alltime high. But the market bounced downhill for the next six months and, despite a boisterous rally in August, never made a full comeback...
Cranko's Romeo is nearly as much a theater piece as a ballet. The second act, with its clowns and gypsies and with its great duel scene, is easily the best, and the Joffrey performs it with sweep and charging bravura. Elsewhere there are difficulties, some of which should disappear as the company settles into the work. Right now the dancers have absurd ideas of rich life in the Renaissance. The men strut and pose, the ladies arch their backs so radically that they look poised for a back flip. An exception is Gerel Hilding, whose Tybalt has genuine authority...
...would sport Mickey Mouse ears or a hollowed-out duck decoy on his head. Patterson's lending ideas were just as madcap; his department invested 80% of the bank's lending portfolio in risky oil and gas ventures. Yet neither Patterson's antics nor his business bravura aroused much concern among officials of major banks, who bought $2 billion of Penn Square's loans. For large banks that want their business to grow in a hurry, buying loans helps them add new customers with minimal effort...