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...wails like a banshee each time. In another sequence, one of the sisters heaves the other, strapped to a straight-backed chair, up a narrow flight of stairs, thumping on each step until they're around the corner and out of sight. In another flash, a chunk of bloody flesh hits the wall. The beauty of all this is that we are given hints of a story without ever being let in on what it's all about. We identify the borrowed horror techniques, like inside jokes, but are kept at arm's length from the world of passions these...

Author: By John Dewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: An Uncanny Knack | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

...title piece, Nacho Duato's Without Words is a strikingly contemporary work. Dancing off-pointe, in soft shoes, performers wear a tight-fitting, flesh-colored suits, giving the impression of being nude. To put it lightly, as dance critic Anna Kisselgoff said, "Duato has a gift for the startling image." The choreography is equally as startling. It consists of busy, fast-paced steps, completely departing from even neo-classical ballet in both movement and atmosphere. Duato's choreography is difficult and tricky, and Boston Ballets dancers executed it with athleticism, clarity and polish...

Author: By Diana R. Movius, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wordless Wonders | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

...TAKE A MOMENT NOW--Look down at your body--your stomach, your thighs--lift up your shirt, consider the soft flesh of your breasts," she writes. "How do you feel about your body? It's your physical incarnation; you're immutably tied to it. Forget all the stupid cultural standards that tell you how you 'should' look...Take a moment to honor your body--it houses...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Notes from the Underground | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

...possible to think of faith as a way of living, thinking, being and serving," Gomes said. "It is important to remember that [PBH] was not simply to be this splendid place of bricks and mortar... but to shelter and enhance the living memorial of an ideal expressed in human flesh...

Author: By Rachel L. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PBHA Celebrates 100th Anniversary | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

...forced to move voters through their oratory. But last week Trump split from the envy-inducing Slovenian model MELANIA KNAUSS because, according to associates, he felt the need to focus on his campaign. And in fact, a day later, he was back on the stump, pressing the flesh with 32 young ladies from the Miss U.S.A. pageant. Hey, beauty contestants are voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 24, 2000 | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

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