Word: bravura
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...role of Viola, which contains a good deal of bravura, tends to overshadow the role of Olivia. But the latter is actually a much subtler part, and a harder one to do well. Yet Patricia Conolly's Olivia here is one of the three major roles in which Brandeis surpasses Startford. Conolly never loses a countess's proper carriage, nor does she violate the character's mellowness. In her first meeting with Viola, her veil is too transparent, but her timing in this scene is masterly. And on first seeing the twins together she can put a world of meaning...
...Mexico and coaxes him to the center court at Wimbledon (the film unit rented the site for around $35,000). Adding piquancy to the situation is the fact that Ali's ex, Robert Evans, is the producer. How does Ali handle the passage to older womanhood? With bravura. Says she: "I think it's about time women can say they're over 30-or 40, for that matter -and not feel ashamed or self-conscious to admit...
...version of Don Quixote. Very close. As Kitri, the spitfire Spanish girl who defies her innkeeper father and marries Basil, the barber of her choice, Gelsey has the kind of high-stepping, scenery-chewing part that can hurl an artist into stardom. Don Q offers some of the great bravura set pieces in the classical repertory, and Baryshnikov has seen to it that the routines spill into each other and positively spatter on the stage, threatening to engulf the aisles and even (somebody call the cops!) the streets outside...
...Marie De Angelo, 24. Soloist, Jeffrey Ballet. A fiery, flamboyant crowd pleaser and a prodigious leaper, California-bred De Angelo revels in bravura solos. Trained in San Francisco by veterans of the Kirov Ballet, she wants to dance classical story ballets like Giselle, "an ultimate goal for me." Her height (5 ft. 1 in.) has caused some shortsighted ballet masters to overlook her. Says De Angelo: "I've never felt short...
...Green gave a bravura performance on their bric-a-brac home course with a team aggregate of 384 strokes, 15 ahead of Harvard. Dartmouth won the Ivy League championship a week before Saturday's match and also coasted past the Crimson in the ECAC qualifying tournament in the fall...