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...come to dominate the radio waves, the company members deftly transformed themselves into robots with libidos, but struggled at first to gain momentum.“Ex-Static,” featured the direction of Pamela M. Santoyo ’08, Elisabeth Michaud ’09, Meron K. Haileselassie ’10 and Layla Amjadi ’10. Dancers from CityStep and Harvard Bhangra also performed in the show.The opening medley lacked the oomph that Expressions is known for, but the engine finally kicked into gear with “Fierce,” a muscular...
...Hairspray, Blonsky and Travolta, who is in drag here as Edna Turnblad in the role Harvey Fierstein played on stage, are sassy mother-daughter spokes-models for plus-size empowerment. "You have to find a theme that contemporary audiences relate to," says Neil Meron, producer of Hairspray and the 2002 film Chicago. "Hairspray is about body image, racial tolerance, what constitutes a family." Think Oprah's Live Your Best Life tour, with a beat and bigger hair...
...Audiences want more subtlety and more cinematic images, like the press conference scene in Chicago, when Renée Zellweger is a marionette on strings pulled by Richard Gere. "We're not interested in recreating a show for film, we're interested in reinventing a show for film," says Meron's producing partner Craig Zadan...
...GENIUS IN CHARGE 2001's Moulin Rouge!, a fever dream that weaves together can-can dances, Elton John songs and lots of close-ups of Nicole Kidman's never-ending legs, could only have come from one man's brain. "You could only do that with a Baz," says Meron, meaning Australian director Baz Luhrman. "It's all about his expression as an artist." Burton, an equally idiosyncratic artistic mind, is at work on this year's Sweeney Todd. Some of us are very eager to see what Edward Scissorhands does to meat pies...
...with the excellent musical choice of Jurassic 5’s “Back 4 You” in the Company Piece, “Back for Hip Hop,” choreographed by Michaud. The next piece, named “Baditude” and choreographed by Meron K. Haileselassie ’10, stood out due to the dancers’ crispness, energy, and attitude. Expertly laid out, the piece made excellent use of the floor space with constantly changing configurations, showing off the dancers’ skills with long sequences of impeccably-executed arm movements...