Word: mooning
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...Amelia Ferrugia ascends on her mechanical moon at a recent rehearsal, Freeman encourages his Queen to command the stage with her gestures ("but not Shirley Bassey ones"). Caught in the folds of her drapery below, Jaewoo Kim is coaxed to treat her presence like perfume. "Can that be more intense?" Freeman later asks. Every now and then, the director drops back to view the scene through the frame of his hands. Such details will make all the difference when his vision is unveiled, and Freeman hopes it will share with Shakespeare the quality of being "both spontaneous and inevitable...
...sunny skies, Sunday’s blizzard brought a rude reminder of winter’s cold touch—and that ever-pressing question of what to wear. Faced with slushy, icy terrain on the Monday morning commute, students broke out bulky jackets and the occasional pair of moon boots. Shorts and flip-flops, which have been spotted around campus throughout the mild winter months, were definitely out. The cold snap brought confusion to some students’ outfits. “Sunday, I saw people running around in shorts, jumping in the snow and not knowing what...
...students who hadn’t done well,” George von Mehren said. “When someone in one of his classes had an insight which he had never thought of,” he added, “that would send him to the moon...
...such an ambiance of immediacy that you may have to restrain yourself from breaking into applause. There's also great attention to detail. Demme ensures that no one misses Young's knowing glance to his wife Pegi, a backup singer here, during a rendition of the love song Harvest Moon or Young's hokey wave to the rafters after referencing country great Hank Williams. It helps too that Young surrounds himself with a team of accomplished musicians, including longtime collaborator Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar and singer Emmylou Harris, who accompanies Young shoulder to shoulder during a soulful sequence...
...latter half of the recital, bringing the audience into the twentieth century with songs by Francis Poulenc and Dominick Argento. Exuding charisma and charm, she switched in and out of her many roles with graceful composure, one minute a glass bottle frustrated with its childless condition, the next a moon-struck dreamer. Staged to raise money for the Society’s spring tour to England, the concert attracted an audience with free tickets and suggested donation, while members sold hand-knit scarves at intermission. Musically the evening was a success, although a more diverse voice representation would have made...