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Among the shelves of imported beer and cheese at Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, employee Dan McGraff said he was unaffected by the news...
...Staff writer Dan R. Rasmussen can be reached at drasmuss@fas.harvard.edu...
...have repatriated one of their finest exports, director David Freeman, to launch a new version combining vocal firepower (Amelia Ferrugia, Jaewoo Kim, Emma Matthews) with the aerial acrobatics of Legs on the Wall. Did someone mention crossover appeal? "You can't stay 19th century," says the production's designer, Dan Potra, who shares with his director the belief that opera will "die a slow, agonizing death" unless new elements are brought...
...China's silver medalists almost didn't make it to the Olympic podium. Just seconds into their routine, the pair attempted a throw quadruple Salchow, a whirlwind move so tricky that no one has ever completed it in competition. Zhang Dan landed in an ungainly split and crashed into the side of the rink. In obvious agony, the tiny 20-year-old hobbled to the side before returning a couple of minutes later. The pair went on to perform a nearly flawless routine, even though Zhang Dan was so sore she could barely complete her runner-up victory...
When Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao took to the ice in the pairs figure-skating final in Torino last week, most Chinese knew the song they skated to by heart. The Offspring of Dragons celebrates the glory of a mighty civilization. "There's a dragon in the ancient East, its name is China," go the folk song's stirring lyrics. By the time the final standings were tallied in the Olympic competition, the Zhangs' choice of music seemed particularly prescient. Although Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the 12th consecutive pairs gold for Russia (or, previously, the Soviet Union...