Word: mastered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Laura Dean is considered a "post-modern" choreographer. Although she and her peers carry forward many of Cunningham's ideas, they diverge from the master's path in significant ways. While Cunningham never directly collaborates with composers--occasionally his dangers do not hear the sound accompaniment until opening night--Dean for several years worked closely with musician Steve Reich, and now composes her own music. She's intersted in showing how dance and music connect at the deepest level: in the use of the physical self as instrument. Unlike Cunningham, who exploits the illusion of randomness by splaying dancers around...
There was once an old recluse known as the greatest mountain climber in the world. Young students searched the mountains to find him, eager to learn from the great master. Discovering him at last in his solitary cabin, the students were surprised to see no climbing gear, and asked the old man why he had none. The recluse answered that he had realized climbing was an act of the mind and the spirit and not of the body...
...teachers need only basic familiarity with their subjects; hence, interpreters, translations, and secondary works can adequately serve their purposes. But scholars, specialists in various field, and university teachers who wish to acquire and transmit knowledge and deeper insight into the nature of their subjects have no alternative but to master the languages relevant to their work. If anyone at Harvard every wishes to take up the study of any aspect of Africa seriously, he/she has no alternative but to start focussing on the study of the languages of Africa...
Respect for a genuine mature understanding of the mind and culture of a people comes mainly through the patience necessary to master their language and a willingness to look at the world from their point of view. In this spirit, should Harvard not end intellectual indifference to black culture and establish a Department of African Languages and Literatures--which could eventually be developed into a Department of African Languages and Civilizations...
...Britain's bestselling poets. His light verse frequently reflects the loss of 19th century pastoral England. Last week he defended his 24-line Jubilee Hymn on grounds that it was meant to be sung, not recited. Indeed, it had been set to melody by Malcolm Williamson, Master of the Queen's Music, and drew loud applause when performed by the Trinity Boys' Choir at London's Royal Albert Hall...