Word: lakeã
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Fortunately the record is a beautifully grotesque creation, one that Swan Lake??s members could never have devised on their own. Together, they form a disfigured, fucked-up beast whose aching, thickly-layered moans elicit both shock and pathos...
...Gotta Dance Missed last weekend’s once-in-a-lifetime “Swan Lake?? performance by the Russian Kirov Ballet? To make up for your cultural ignorance, the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (that’s so Cambridge...) presents a preview of the Boston-based dance company Snappy Dance Theater’s original production, “String Beings.” According to Snappy’s website, the performance “explores the relationship between manipulating and being manipulated.” Don’t forget your rape whistle...
...matadors and red shawls of the women in Act I effectively transport the audience to a lively Spanish tavern. In Act II, however, the Spanish references are completely lost on the audience—the Dryads wear white sparkling numbers that look more appropriate for “Swan Lake?? than a medieval Spanish setting. The grand set changes from scene to scene also succeed in creating a sufficiently fantastic backdrop for the lively choreography. The famous windmill from the novel appears in the second act and does not disappoint. Don Quixote’s hallucination...
...quizzical yet plaintive trumpet solo in a tribute to fellow New England composer Charles Ives. The mood becomes increasingly raucous and festive later on as the orchestra imitates marching bands through familiar-sounding (yet completely original) tunes that Adams has concocted. The remaining two movements, “The Lake?? and “The Mountain,” are more conventional musical paintings of landscape. The music here is generic and forgettable. In fact, in “The Mountain,” with its repetitive ostinatos and zigzagging string lines occasionally punctuated with brass and bells...
...need for “the most vigorous possible debate” in discussing gender issues and said that both popular and unpopular viewpoints must have an opportunity to be vetted. Summers also stressed the need to ensure that employers are “fishing in the largest possible lake?? when they are looking for women leaders. “Those who deny themselves access to a portion of a pool of talent are not just discriminating or being unfair,” he said. “They are sacrificing their opportunity to be excellent...