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Competing in the first ballroom dance competition of the year, the participants exchange nervous glances with one another, as women find the arms of their partners and move onto the floor of the Currier Fish Bowl. Classical waltz music begins pumping through the speakers and the dancers take the floor...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

As the classical Viennese chords of the waltz competition fade away, a new set of 20 dancers step onto the floor and begin moving in pairs to the 60's swing-favorite, "It's in His Kiss." According to judge Shawn Smith, the keys to this dance are timing and...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

But many of the other allusions are more gratuitous. The costumes, for example, mix antiquity and modernity with no apparent purpose. Medea's children appear in sneakers, T-shirts and togas; Jason wears a suit with a classical sash. This juxtaposition seems to have little point except to remind the...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Medea's Passion Diluted In Mainstage Revival | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

If Philip Glass met Phil Spector . . . well, they'd probably just stare at each other. But it's conceivable that the composer and the pop mogul might collaborate on a 73-minute 12-second postmodern song cycle you could dance or dream to. That's the symphonic rock album Moodfood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Oct. 26, 1992 | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

The ever-popular Gregory Nagy, Jones professor of classical Greek literature, received a 50th birthday celebration fit for a hero yesterday from 600 of his favorite undergrads.

Author: By Quentin A. Palfrey, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Heroes Prof. Surprised By 50th Birthday Party | 10/23/1992 | See Source »

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