Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Elway stands 6 ft. 4 in. tall and does not stand still. Even at a perfectly sculpted 202 Ibs., say the scouts, he has the footwork of a middleweight boxer. Besides Elway's passing ability, they admire his "escapability," a word with a hint of a shiver in it, evoking images of 280-lb. linemen and broken bones. Still, given his choice, Elway asserted he would never elect baseball as a safer course. In his heart, he was a football player who played baseball on the side, not the other way around...
Blair stopped most of the Spartans' "good opportunities," including 16 in the first period. The Crimson rookie kept his team in the game with sprawling saves and some fancy footwork...
...above the rest. Diana (Mary Lou Crivello), as a tough but warm kid from the Bronx is delightful; he solo "Nothing," about her frustration and growing confidence as an actress, is uplifting and powerful. Among the men Mike (John Dolf) and Richie (Woodrow Thompson) stand out for their fast footwork, strong voices and sheer exuberance. And Val, played by Lois Englund, excels in the bawdy "Dance: Ten: Looks: Three," as the once ugly duckling who found strutting success through massive plastic surgery and silicon-induced "tits...
...Moments later. "Take it off" becomes a back-row rallying cry. another patron with high alcoholic content loudly observes to Gustave that he is fat. But the overriding chant is Rick-line!" The audience is turned on by a long and superbly choreographed lead-in to the show's footwork finale, and 12 Holyoke St. shakes when the hirsute legs...
Props were dropped, cues were missed, preview audiences became restive. The original director, Frank Dunlop, was summarily replaced by Co-Producer Ivan Reitman, and the footwork of Choreographer Christopher Chadman was supplemented by Billy Wilson's (Bubbling Brown Sugar). A parade of advisers came backstage to offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation: among them Directors Michael Bennett and Jerome Robbins. They all gave some general advice: Forget about the numbers; "Get on with the magic...