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...Sounddance" expands the formula to include the weight of bodies in relation to each other, exploring the way movement modifies when it encounters other movement. Here, the knotting and swirling, folding and unfolding of two or more dancers works a flowing balance between frantic spinning and the entropy of falling weight. The individual dancer is buffeted helplessly, like a banner flapping in the wind; but the linkage patterns of clasped hands and wrapped legs modulate into a series of intricate resolutions...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: The Eloquence of Gesture | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

Cornell hit pay dirt on a frantic three on two break. Cornell winger Rick Box streaked towards the Harvard goal forcing the Crimson defense deep into their own zone. Box dropped the puck to freshman Roy Kerling who in turn flipped the puck back to Nethery. Nethery took aim and picked the corner...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Cornell Crushes Crimson, 4-3 | 2/24/1978 | See Source »

...Stornik caught goalie Hynes out of the cage and smacked the puck into the net. The Cornell fans, who seemed to outnumber the Harvard contingent, cheered with more frantic zeal and went wild. They had seen it before, the explosive Cornell offense, and the Cornell crowd tasted victory...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Cornell Crushes Crimson, 4-3 | 2/24/1978 | See Source »

...cast then breaks into a frantic and sensuous rock 'n roll dance featuring a scorching electric guitar lead, a funky organ and a pulsating and quickening beat. The dance typifies the effective manner in which Fosse handles the elements of sex and slang in his production. With gaining speed, the dancers throw one another around the stage, while throwing Pippin into breasts and behinds. In one part of the dance, the dancers lower Pippin on and off a series of female dancers who somersault on the stage floor to lie flat beneath him. Right in synch with the dancing...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Worrying About Time | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...people have felt since before the time of Socrates when faced with something they do not understand. Thus, a financier may quite coldly denounce a Marxist critique of the capitalist system, but when he is told that his son or daughter has joined a mystical Oriental sect he goes frantic trying to combat a system that baffles...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Benares on the Charles | 1/18/1978 | See Source »

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