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...costume in ballroom must catch the judge’s eye to bring attention to the couple, so attire is typically shiny and vibrantly colored—and, particularly in Latin dances, revealing. Dancers also need to be extremely tan, both to draw attention and look appealing under bright lights. “You need to put forward confidence; there’s a certain beauty in it,” Shelton explains. Every ballroom style has its own character that requires performers to act to the music, so costumes help dancers fit the parts. “You play...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athletes and Aesthetes | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...impressions created by line and color. Often he began a picture with something like a realistic scene, then distilled it repeatedly. This is what happened with his magnificent Bathers by a River. When he started the large wall painting in 1909, it was a panorama of voluptuous women in bright colors. When he finished it seven years later, the women were angular and anonymous, the setting radically flattened, and the river had become another of those vertical black bands, with a stark white snake shooting upward along it like a bent poker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Leap Forward: Matisse in Chicago | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...Those bright, colorful lawn chairs have had a positive impact in helping create a social space, according to Susan Shefte, director for planning, analytics, and business services at Harvard University Hospitality and Dining Services...

Author: By Punit N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Chairs Are Coming Back | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...bright spot for Harvard throughout the game was Krieger’s continued emergence as a force between the pipes. A week after recording a career-high 17 saves against Duke, Krieger stopped 14 Big Red shots Saturday and has taken a stronger hold of the starting goalie position after splitting time with sophomore Christian Coates earlier in the season...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Lacrosse Falls Just Short in Ithaca | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...walls are bright pastels: green, periwinkle, red, and orange. In the center of the large room, two young children, joined by two Harvard undergraduates, laugh in unison, shaking a bag full of ice, cream, and vanilla extract and dancing to “Walk Like an Egyptian...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Community Embraces Ed Portal | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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