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...Yings attacked “Anniversary Dances?? with the same simultaneous intensity and delicacy as they did the Mozart piece, but their style was much more modern. The suite made use of a wider range of sounds, including a strong pizzicato, and at times, the instruments seemed totally independent of each other. The sometimes discordant phrases of the music were a stark contrast to the harmony of the first suite, and prevented the concert from becoming a two-hour performance of predictability...
...Although the high quality of the music was undeniable, it was difficult to distinguish between the six “dances?? that comprise the work and to pick up on the element of love that “Anniversary Dances?? is supposed to represent. Yet despite this shortcoming, which is more attributable to Moravec than the Yings, the latter demonstrated remarkable versatility in their ability to master the extremely dissimilar music of two composers (Mozart and Moravec) who lived 200 years apart...
Friday, Nov. 18Wu Man and Ensemble. Wu Man, a virtuoso pipe player, performs Chen Yi’s spellbinding opus “Ancient Dances?? with his lute-like instrument accompanied by percussionists. Images of ancient Chinese calligraphy will be projected in the background, creating a multimedia event. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $38/28/23/20. (KAF)Scissorfight. Boston-based punk rockers Scissorfight, whose vocalist, Ironlung, once dislocated his shoulder in the middle of a show and spent the remainder of said show attempting to punch it back into place, team...
...addition to the student-written skits, the night’s highlights included a wide variety of dances??from Classical to Modern that represented different regions of the subcontinent...
Indeed, the politics of homosexuality seemed big news everywhere but at Harvard. But what we heard in April, instead, was information about sex toys and transgender issues, about drag and dances??all admittedly important, but there was much more to be said...