Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doesn't have to read the play as an antifascist allegory to feel its impact as an old-fashioned protest drama, which scores like a young heavyweight with no footwork but a crushing left hand. What's amazing is how shocking the play's depiction of human brutality remains even today, 60 years and several Quentin Tarantino films later. For Williams, the discipline and the poetry were yet to come. But he already had the gift...
Legendarily deft, Jordan was trying to pull off some of the fanciest footwork of his career--dancing out of the box he put himself in last month when he called a press conference to say he had helped Monica Lewinsky find a job solely out of the goodness of his heart and that she had assured him there was no sexual relationship between her and Clinton...
...particularly admired for her quick, clean-edge turns known as "twizzles." The high technical difficulty of the pair's programs has resulted in a few falls this season, but they accept the risk. "If we made our dance easier, we would never fall," says Platov. "But we have some footwork that is extremely difficult. It is so fast and has so many turns that it makes us unique and unbeatable...
...judges, Elvis sang Dylan: "Most likely you go your way (and I'll go mine)." "In my skating, the moves are from me," he says. "If I skated like someone else because I was told to, that would be plagiarism." Stojko and Leigh determined to work on speed and footwork while retaining the karate colorations. Redemption came as Elvis vaulted to three world titles with performances of such athleticism that they could not be denied...
...Elvis--in spades. Just watch him open the show. His short program is to the pulsating rhythms of Japanese ceremonial taiko drums--what else?--as he not only plays the home card but also gets to indulge his samurai soul thoroughly. The first 45 sec. involve footwork that might have tripped Astaire--it took Elvis a month to master the steps--and represents the champ's latest challenge to the skating world, and to himself. A minute into the Olympic competition, Stojko could be headed for the podium or out the door. But one thing's guaranteed: you'll know...