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...lights go red and "Thunder," choreographedby Charles Moulton, begins with the entrance ofdancers outrageously painted and costumed with amedieval flair. An interesting but terribly oddpiece, it features Elizabeth Parkinson leading agroup of pelvic-thrusting dancers scrambling andflinging each other around the stage. Althoughthis segment is more mine than dance, "Thunder" isat its best during the highly choreographedinstances when the uninhibited dancers execute afast-paced and dramatic range of movements. One ofthe best pieces follows Prince's well-known"Purple Rain." Valerie Madina performs a solo in aclown costume with her face painted afrighteningly glowing white. Every facialexpression of hers deepens...
...taste for loud music and louder costumes. But at the rink he is determined. "I'm very hungry for what I want," he says. "Nothing's going to stand in my way." His parents, Steve and Irene, emigrated from Eastern Europe to Ontario in the mid-1950s. Maybe his flair has been inherited; they named their first son Attila. At age 2, Elvis looked at skating on TV and announced that he wanted to do that. It was nearly three years before the Stojkos relented, but the rest is history: Elvis has been in high-level competition for six years...
Best of luck in your current endeavor. As demonstrated by your letter, your flair for romantic imagery will take you far. Just be considerate. you may call her "possum' or "kitten"--but not "roadkill kitty" and the like...
...cries out money, money, money. The scenery spans from the Roman court to an Egyptian crypt; the paint is lavish and the settings are clever. The Broadway backdrop advertises "Guys and Gauls," "Camel Lot," and "Lyre on the Roof." (Get it?) a few technical touches add just the right flair: an erupting Mt. Vesuvius and an electric scoreboard in the Colosseum ("Lions 1, Christians...
...indiscernible in their forms or presentation styles. Good columns and features may stand out as testament to a writer's craft, but often the writer stands silently behind his or her game or featured athlete like the umpire hoping to be complemented with silence, his task performed with neither flair nor error...