Word: gorecki
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...Anita Gorecki, Girouard's civilian attorney, said that her client did not order the men shot, but only tried to help his fellow soldiers afterward by covering it up. He would take the stand in his own defense, she said. "He realized that they had killed these three detainees, and in that moment, yes, he decided to help his squad members," she said...
...piece that followed Without Words, however, had more than enough emotional impact. Mark Godden's Another Year, set to tense music by Henryk Gorecki, dramatizes the disintegration of a marriage. The piece, not surprisingly, opens with a marriage: a couple embraces while the guests hold up wine glasses in a toast. Suddenly, the music clashes and all the guests let go of their cups, which (because they are tied to the ceiling by invisible wire) then swing in unison for the remainder of the ballet. This stark, surprising introduction immediately drew me into the piece. The ever-present wine glasses...