Word: pas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Legends of Dance, presented by the Boston Conservatory Dance Theater this past weekend, displayed the talents of its students through an eclectic mix of choreography. "Pas de Quatre," "The Unsung," and "Tongue in Cheek" combined traditional ballet with modern dance in a tribute to famous dancers and choreographers of the performance world...
...indie-rock's greatest band, despite their previous promises that the band would break up if one of the members left. The absence of a real-life drummer has opened the band up to critics who have ragged on the new album for using a drum machine, a faux pas for any true rock and roll band, as Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins learned earlier this year with the mixed reception of Adore...
...Bingo subculture, which consists of 90 percent senior citizens, is not often friendly to fledglings attempting to infiltrate the scene. Many times, newcomers are chastised for their playing faux-pas such as, according to 75 year-old Angie, "talking during the calling of numbers, poor eye-hand coordination and slow reaction rates, [which] are all pet peeves for the dedicated players." Furthermore, young whippersnappers often discover a myriad of unspoken rules and traditions that accompany the game, such as the use of Bingo Lingo, the proper places to set up one's cards and, most importantly, the appropriate time...
...album and on the X-Files summer movie soundtrack, Griffin's vocals are restrained and the guitar is absent for much of the song. Drummond and McNabb combine for some funky bass lines and techno beats, which are also prevalent on the first track, "Je ne m'en Souviens pas." More than ever, Better Than Ezra is more than just a playground for the diverse and profound talents of Kevin Griffin, upon which the previous two albums relied heavily...
Also of notice was the peasant pas de deux in the first act, performed by Jennifer Gelfand and Paul Thrussell. Gelfand's dancing is both technically superb and artistically refined. She has grown to be an extremely mature dancer with strong, perfect turns and a confidence in her technique that allows her to work on even the in between steps, linking every turn and jump to the next, so that her variation is one long, beautiful movement that never ends. Her partner Paul Thrussell seemed weak and definitely not at his best, as he is usually an amazing and very...