Word: minuetted
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...Pierce, fully dressed in period costume including makeup and wigs, danced to live music performed by a trio of string players. Dances included popular choreographed pieces from the court of Louis XIV, such as “L’aimable vainqueur,” as well as a minuet, a dance which was unique because it was not choreographed to a specific song and could be danced unrehearsed with any partner. Following the performance, art historian Meredith Chilton elaborated on these 18th-century entertainments, focusing especially on the character of the harlequin. One of the most popular stock characters...
...pretty much died out with Nick and Nora Charles 60 years ago. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the crime caper with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is about as close as you could come lately, and they kept trying to kill each other. Maybe wedded happiness is considered static, undramatic, a minuet of compromises. It could also be that depicting the satisfaction of people over 30 just doesn't appeal to the audience demographic; the young may think that anyone who's settled for living with someone else is either miserable or deserves to be. Whatever the reason, connubial bliss in pictures...
...second piece, “Untitled (Baroque in Black Dresses),” was the greatest disappointment of the night. With thoughtful choreography by Diana L. Limbach ’05, many of the simple movements originated from minuet dancing, perhaps commenting on old-fashioned dance forms. However, this choice limited the complexity of the performance, and the dancers’ long, obtrusive skirts covered the few challenging steps they executed. Moreover, the sporadic use of a plastic folding chair as a prop looked awkward and arbitrary. Despite the beautifully illuminated, single-file exit of “Untitled...
Indeed, the equine minuet with belt would bring into play a good many of the skills we'd learned that week, lessons about reining our horses, applying the correct kind of pressure to get the desired results, and letting the horses know when to go fast, go slow or just whoa...
...Your tariff bill had a lot of Senate support last year. Yes. We could have demanded a vote right away, but we held off because we're doing an elaborate minuet here, and trying to prod both sides to come to an agreement. We feel we're closer than we have been before...