Word: broads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast with the newly straight-faced drama, providing some startlingly memorable moments: Kirk Hanson '99 as the apothecary Cerimon, hamming it up as he restores the drowned queen Thaisa to life ("She's ALIIIIVE!"); Michael Roiff '01 as the whorehouse Bawd, camping it up in a drag performance so broad it threatens to overwhelm everyone else on stage; and, of course, the constantly intrusive pirates, who are always guaranteed to provoke a laugh...
...students. They are passionate and dedicated about preparing for [the future]. They are used to long hours of lessons, practice and rehearsals. Yet, with all their commitments, Juilliard students find the time to socialize, participate in organized activities, attend cultural events, and, most importantly, enlist their talents in a broad range of community service." Students at Juilliard can even cross-enroll at Columbia University to take classes in the humanities. Aside from being accustomed to long hours of practice and rehearsals, the typical conservatory student bears a marked resemblance to many members of Harvard's student body. Even so, they...
...broader context includes more than thediversity inherent to a liberal arts curriculum.One of the most important components of musicalperformance is, after all, the audience. "Hereyour audience is as broad and deep as you couldhope for--and refreshingly young. The sounds youmake will hit your audience in a thousanddifferent ways. Could you hope for as much withthe better informed but narrower spectrum oflisteners in any musical establishment?" asks Kim.Exposure to personal diversity is one advantageHarvard holds over any conservatory's studentbody. Salvage delineates this advantageous linkbetween audience and musician, saying, "Peoplehere are fascinating and driven. So many know somuch about...
...growth of Harlan's personality to fit the huge shoes of her narrative voice is Jones's great accomplishment in The Healing. The stylistic design optimally supports the narrative's broad theme of constructing a personal identity in a world bent on its destruction. At one point, Jones encapsulates this quest for self by retelling the biography of Grandmother Jaboti, Harlan's ancestral precursor in the art of identity building. Jaboti began her life not as a human but as a turtle-woman in a traveling carnival freak show, kept on display between the bearded lady and the unicorn girl...
...madly against a clock. It is an often joyless existence, as she fights for the hearts and minds of Brazilians who are more interested in earning reals than saving trees. But the wins, when they come, are huge. "There is nothing more rewarding," she says with one of her broad smiles, "than watching someone change their behavior toward the environment...