Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become almost a mockery of itself: the typical Palestinian longing for the orange groves of Jaffa has become ludicrous in a time when Jaffa itself has disappeared before the encroachments of Jewish Tel Aviv, and whatever orange groves remain are almost blotted out by industrial development. But the Palestinian dream has been kept alive, thanks to sophisticated political work by Arafat and other Palestinian leaders and the willingness of Arab governments to support (however grudgingly) a nearly lost cause...
...hour-long encyclopedia of news, personality sketches, investigative reports, cultural and sociological features and satirical skits, possibly by Chicago's Second City troupe. The show is expected to appear in June. Executive Producer Bob Shanks (ABC's Good Morning, America, public television's Great American Dream Machine) has approached at least a dozen candidates for the host job, including Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, who turned down a $5,000-a-week salary and a promise that he could retain his role at the newspaper...
...importance of subject matter is paramount mostly for the choreographer. It is his source, his dream, his love. For the audience it often makes very little difference what a dance is about; in fact, some of the most famous and successful dances in the world have been on trivial and inconsequential subjects. --Doris Humphrey...
Howard Fine '78, who has one complete dance, named "Gladfall," to his credit, received the inspiration for a new piece in a dream. In it, Fine and three friends crossed the Weeks Bridge on a sunny day. Fine was bird-watching when suddenly he was overcome by a miracle; the four friends made a ring, joined hands, and danced in a circle. Fine awake, bathed in real tears...
Although these events are incorporated into the choreography, any attempt to recreate this dream sequence from the action in the piece would be impossible. Nor could one ever hope to find correspondences between individual gestures and specific meanings...