Word: joying
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...with “Why We Hot,” choreographed by Michaud, Amjadi, and Oladehin. If the next few pieces had to be summed up in one word, it would be “explosive.” Elsa S. Kim ’08 was a joy to watch in her own piece, “Dinner.” The dancers in this piece brought the edgy choreography to life with their incredible energy and enthusiasm. “Notorious,” choreographed by Katherine N. Howard ’07 and Ingrid Maurice...
...deft caricatures of types that would have been glorified in 19th century England, these four “flowers of progress” careen through “Utopia, Limited” with unreserved joy, building up the military, transforming the Utopian monarchy into a totally commercial state—hence the title—and swiftly seducing all three of the King’s daughters...
...unoriginal. On “Living with the Living,” Leo fails to realize that his music is at its best when the melody is powerful enough to drive the listener through the chore of listening to his dense, though exceptional, lyrics. Gone is the intelli-fun joy of “Me and Mia,” the lead track from 2004’s “Shake the Sheet.” There, within the same up-tempo pop format with which he’s now become with a bit too comfortable, Leo managed...
Studying happiness is hard. What one man loves another loathes. One woman's joy is another's junk. Social scientists, therefore, have generally left the contemplation of smiles and satisfaction to poets and philosophers. But that's changing. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a leading expert on well-being, is establishing what he calls the world's first Ph.D program focusing on positive psychology and the analysis of happiness, at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif. "Even though the things that make people happy seem ephemeral and immaterial, they are the most important things in life, and they have not been studied very...
...they wish they were at home, he says, but when they're home they often feel passive, depressed or bored. "They have in mind that free time at home will make them feel better, but often it doesn't,"he says. Group activities and socializing tend to yield more joy. One thing Csikszentmihalyi won't test his new students on is the spelling or pronunciation of his name. "They can just call me Mike," he says. "I keep forgetting how to pronounce it well myself...