Word: hali
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...encourage Tanzanian children and adolescents to reject the nation’s dominant youth culture, in which violence is the norm. Instead, they urge listeners to “go back to their roots,” as Gsann says. Speaking at a screening of “Hali Halisi,” a 2000 documentary about Tanzanian hip hop in which X Plastaz are featured, Gsann explained that his family used to have an informal house camp for kids who wanted a safe place to go during the day. This spot later became the Aang Serican Peace Village...
...clock, anyone can wander into Cabot dining hali and find a table full of friends. There, two of the most popular and frequent dinner companions are Jurij and Emanuela Striedter, the masters. Emanuela gets a compliment on her performance in intramural tennis yesterday and Jurij talks German Philosophy with Dirk...
...Hali was born a beautiful child, so the tale tells. He was the darling of all the women in his town. The gods, however, decide to torment him and haunt him. Katharine Weiser plays Bhava, the mean and brutal god who torments Hali. Weiser's performance tops the cast. Her countless hideous facial expressions, all of which keep the audience frozen in their seats, make her performance as a wicked god convincing. Her acting is so demonesque that it causes the other players to react to her intensely. At times however, her cruelly bellowing voice too often strikes the same...
...gods torment Hali by causing him to witness his mother's death. Even Hali's love, Rooh (Maura Moynihan), dies. Halie tires of these divine pranks and challenges the gods. He renounces their influence. He discards his belief in them, so they no longer can control his mind. Hali takes his own life in the end, proving to the gods that he is master of his own destiny. But he also proves that he cannot live without the dreams and visions, good or bad, that the gods provide. Bonsey's death is quick and shocking, far removed from drawn...
...Hali is a convincing and sensually exciting experience, from the actors and the dancer-nymphs, right down to the music, blocking and lighting--which leaves the audience rubbing its eyes. Go with no presumptions, no expectations. Just open up your senses and let this play make you experienced...