Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last piece was one of Alvin Ailey's acknowledged masterpieces, "Revelations," which Ailey created in 1960. The piece is a combination of his inspirational memories of Texas--the blues, gospel, and spirituals--and it reflects both the joy and sorrow of the human spirit. Divided into three separate sections, Pilgrim of Sorrow, Take me to the Water and Move, Members, Move, each section reflected a different aspect of the soul...
BOSTON--Amidst Boston's ritzy Beacon Hill, at the corner of neatly-cobbled Joy and Smith Court Streets, sits the oldest standing black church in America, the African Meeting House...
Though the anticipation and nervousness make our minds work in strange--but very human--ways, we are ready to go for it, with all the pain, sweat, questioning and, finally, joy that come along with being able to call yourself a marathoner for the first time. There are lots of ways to mark birthdays, but how many opportunities do you have to celebrate with a 26.2 mile run? So, for all you astrologists and numerologists out there, here's our prediction: we will be going 26.2 on the 21st and 25th before...
...Biennial, he presents his most restrained and sophisticated work yet, three-dimensional glass ovals resting on metal poles or the floor, on to which he projects video images of talking heads. They stare at the viewer and blankly recite children's variations of songs commonly heard in school yards: "Joy to the world, the teacher's dead; we barbecued her head." Yet monotone delivery and eerie visual presentation transform these rhymes into disturbing alien utterances. We watch both mesmerized and repulsed, while the sculptures dare us to pull their plugs...
...play begins when David (Marshall Lewy '99), Ozzie and Harriet's oldest son, returns home from the Vietnam War and is dropped off by a stiff military soldier (Greg David '99). David is now blind: this unexpected circumstance throws a damper on the joy of the family. Each character changes in some way: success-driven yet lonely Ozzie recalls his youth and maliciously derides his own children; Harriet can no longer fix each situation simply by offering snacks to everyone or calling her priest, Father Donald (Rich Amberg '00); and Ricky (Joshua Cohen '97) simply avoids unpleasant situations by leaving...