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...draw attention and look appealing under bright lights. “You need to put forward confidence; there’s a certain beauty in it,” Shelton explains. Every ballroom style has its own character that requires performers to act to the music, so costumes help dancers fit the parts. “You play a role of elegance and high class for Standard and a role of sex appeal for Latin,” Perez-Moreno says. These extravagant costumes require dancers to spend exorbitant sums of money to stay on top of their appearances?...
While such moments of enlightenment appear sporadically throughout, Mamet’s arguments lack any sense of nuance and his writing style does not help him support his opinions. If anything, his trademark style comes off as supercilious in the context of nonfiction. There is some value to the incendiary nature of the questions he poses—his opposition to canonical theater artists is almost admirable in its total conviction—but the failure to effectively substantiate his claims renders this book an exercise in futility. However, to call Mamet a charlatan would be to commit the same...
Short, who is best known for his roles in “Stomp the Yard” and “Armored,” is both a husband and a father, and says that those personal roles that have helped prepare him for this one. “It’s not a departure at all, it’s actually a great help,” he said. “I don’t know if I’d necessarily be able to tap [into the role] in the right way if I wasn?...
...named Harry Humphrey down there who was the real deal,” said Evans. “You know, this guy’s seen battle; he’s got bullets in his leg and he’d trained actors before so he knew how to help people who have absolutely zero experience… it was like summer camp for the military...
Harvard students have also made various contributions to The Living Magazine. Many of the students of Unrue’s class have come up with ideas to help form the event, and it has taken shape through their process of working together. Input from the student population has ranged from fundraising, publicity, and graphic design to actual participation in the event’s presentations...