Word: bustiers
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...ballet opens with Cleopatra, danced by Adriana Suarez, preparing for the new day in her lush bed chamber. Suarez seems to grow in her role as she acquires the successive accoutrements of royalty-golden bustier, jeweled headpiece and a robe that literally descends from the rafters. Suarez's majesty is partially due to her elevated status, as she spends a large part of the ballet literally above the other dancers on a variety of elaborately constructed thrones. But despite the outward trappings of royalty and Suarez's apparent effort, her performance lacks the conviction necessary to make one believe that...