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...contrast to Beecham's somewhat orthodox business model, the Yotel is downright radical, attempting to pack guests into much smaller spaces than Western consumers usually encounter. Woodroffe says he was influenced by Japan's capsule hotels, which feature rooms little bigger than the sleeping compartments on trains. Yotel's "pod rooms" will offer a bit more space than Japanese-style cocoons. Still, they're not for the claustrophobic. The largest are just 10.5 sq m, though they're tall enough for even the most statuesque of guests to stand up in. Also jammed into that space: tiny workstations...
...lines in a low-pitched shout that fades to a growl, one which seems occasionally excessive until the play’s final scenes. When Lucie is dead, she moves gracefully. Her hair, previously bound in a bandana, is set free, and her voice is soft and happy. This contrast makes all the preceding acting choices understandable and adds to the play’s elegiac feel...
...Step Into My World” was choreographed by Layla Amjadi ’10 to Jennifer Lopez’s song by the same title. With the dimming of the lights, this piece took the show down a softer, more lyrically-influenced path. Although it provided a nice contrast to the rest of the dances in the first act, the piece seemed to drag on a bit, simply because it was choreographed to only one song—the rest of the dances used short selections from several different songs, offering more variety.The guest appearance by the Harvard Breakers...
...contrast, American culture loves its guns. Guns are glorified not only in rap videos, but also by politicians pandering to their gun-obsessed electoral bases. In the last week alone, our former Governor W. Mitt Romney has been doing rhetorical somersaults, attempting to prove that his self-professed ardor for hunting is not a campaign hoax...
...Autobahn” as her favorite Harvard role. '"Autobahn" was my first chance to tackle something really challenging. I got to portray two very different characters, with very different personalities—one younger character getting manipulated, and the other was sort of the manipulator.' In contrast to those extremes, Cregg’s character in “Reception” tries to steer events in the play but finds this to be a difficult task. Valerie is less manipulative and more quietly well-intentioned, Cregg says. She also sees some parallels between Valerie’s mediator persona...