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Matthew Diamond's Dancemaker might be the best dance documentary ever. Mind you, it's hard to make a boring backstage movie--every theatergoer secretly longs to know what wild shenanigans are going on behind the curtain--and it doesn't hurt that the star of Dancemaker, Paul Taylor, is one of the foremost choreographers of the 20th century. But Diamond's Oscar-nominated film is as much about the hardworking members of the Taylor company as about their enigmatic boss, and one of the most impressive things about Dancemaker is the way in which the details of the dancers...
...curtain rose on a large white piece of fabric covering the entire stage and lifted to various heights at different places by cables. Throughout the piece, cables were raised and lowered, and the dancers moved under the fabric. The stage was lit with bright orange light, and the dancers costumed in nude colored unitards, grass skirts, body paint, headbands and feathers. The atmosphere and movement was very tribal, primitive, fast paced and sexual. Despite the primitive appearance, the choreography still has its roots in classical ballet, which resulted in a unique effect...
...theater community and that excite the audience. And I have rarely seen an audience at Harvard respond so favorably to an undergraduate production as to The Jerusalem Disease, produced in the Loeb Experimental Theater during reading period. Harvard actors don't often come out for a second curtain call, even for brilliant acting and a stellar script...
...meet the managers, the national press made the New York Post look timid. One gang tried to rent the Mayflower Hotel room next to the suite where the managers interviewed her. Police used high-tech devices to keep anyone from eavesdropping. Then a group of photographers tore down a curtain to get a clear shot through a window Lewinsky was supposed to pass. Even the stately New York Times reported the contents of her breakfast and the fact that she cried herself to sleep the night before...
...University (), Professor Thompson advises President Rudenstine on a complex and sprawling variety of academic issues connected to the tasks of the Office of the Dean. Since President Rudenstine has declared that "appointing tenured faculty and appointing deans are the two most important things I do" ("Behind the Crimson Curtain," Lingua Franca, Oct. 1998, p. 32), Professor Thompson, as a key member of the president's staff, is inextricably involved in President Rudenstine's decisions about hiring and firing deans...