Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...original story about one man's struggle between money and happiness, Tap is, nonetheless, one of the best dancing movies to come out in years. The brilliant footwork of Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr.(Mo), who stars as a hoofer dedicated to convincing Max to try and combine modern music with old-fashioned tap dancing, rejuvenate a well-worn plot...
When Hines does start dancing, however, it is clear that even a dry plot can't kill the movie. The choreography is a brilliant mix of 1930s jazz tap and a more modern variation of the funk dancing which made Hines famous. The musical score is a mix of traditional jazz, big band songs and modern funk, created to accommodate the footwork...
Sonbert's most serious work, The Cup and the Lip (1986) focuses on the forces behind demonstrations and mass gatherings in the modern world. The film opens with a scene from a military parade in Budapest during the Chernobyl disaster and ends with Sandra Day O'Connor's visit to a San Francisco rally the week after the Supreme Court ruled on the sodomy...
HUNDREDS of students were shortchanged last week--lotteried out or dismissed from their Literature and Arts B classes because of overcrowding. When "Jazz," "Monuments of Japan," and "Modern Art and Abstraction" turned away vast numbers of students in their lotteries, a chain-reaction of confusion ensued...
...other Literature and Arts B courses, "Jazz" and "Modern Art and Abstraction," were also lotteried because of high student turnouts...