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...Helen is an artist who creates animals and fantastical creatures from scraps and junk in her front yard, which have earned her the distrust and animosity of her neighbors, in addition to the love and respect of a few good friends like Elsa and the toleration of her minister, Marius Byleveld (Artie Wu). Now a schoolteacher in Capetown, Elsa has driven for ten hours in response to a desperate letter from Helen, who is trying to stop the church council from putting her into an old age home. Their relationship is close, but not unobstructed. Elsa expresses impatience with Helen...
...often powerful, expression, Sun's lies in her understated charm and ability to command the scene when necessary. Artie Wu, the third and final member of the cast, does a very good job with a much smaller role as the local minister, successfully drawing out the complex depth of Marius' character in its struggle to maintain faith in himself and his old friend...
Helen's spiritual crisis is, in fact, the focus of the drama, although it is not the kind of spiritualism that Marius can understand. Since she was a child she has been obsessed with candles and their warm, protective light. This evocative symbol guides her eventually to her philosophy that you "should never light a candle carelessly and always make sure that you know what you are doing when you blow it out." These are not words to be taken lightly when you are unsure of or unable to do what you wish to with you own life or when...
Perhaps earlier versions of this ballet did a better job. Holmes' current interpretation made its debut at Boston Ballet in 1989, and is based on the 19th century choreography of Russians Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky. Although Boston Ballet no longer performs the 1982 version staged for them by Rudolph Nureyev, they dedicate their performance to this late ballet virtuoso...
Instead, as the Crimson couldn't get its head in the game, BC put its head into it--two heads into the net in particular. Back Marius Lund bumped in a cross shot at 97:22 (in the first overtime) and sealed the victory at 110:47 (second overtime), completing a corner kick with his cranium...