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...sketch, but it does not sustain a two-hour treatment. After a few scenes, audiences are likely to say, "We get the point." The result is a shallow film about shallow people - a cinematic pastry that leaves a sour taste. As the French would say, ce bonbon n'est pas...
...silky, over-sized men’s shirts—diverted attention from a unique and difficult choreography by Boston Ballet’s Gianni DiMarco. Choreographed to the music “Recycled Air” by the Postal Service, the second piece was a disappointing classical pas de deux. Dancers Pilar A. Ochi ’08 and Keller were hardly able to demonstrate their adept skills, in part, limited by the choreography of Lila K. Gollogly ’04. Countless repetitions of the same tricks—Ochi’s beautiful splits and grand jet?...
...sent a welcome message to all 7,000 applicants. There are only 800 spots in each Boalt class. While Ryan Fawaz ’06—an applicant to Boalt—avoided the confusion by being accepted early, he still did not manage to escape another faux pas by the admissions office. “I received an e-mail from Boalt inviting me to their ‘students of color’ dinner, when in fact I’m Caucasian,” Fawaz said. “I talked to some friends of mine...
...Biber, the movement is rigorously athletic and ultra-contemporary, with flamboyant leaps that corkscrew in the air and hyperextended limbs thrown in all directions. Jazzy inflections color brilliant shifts in dynamic and direction, imbuing the whole piece with a kind of exuberant nervous energy. In particular, the male pas de deux towards the end of the performance provides the most dramatic and skillful interpretation. Mark Morris’s “Up and Down,” the best executed of the two world premieres, provides an impressive display of dynamic dancing and emotional tension through its skillful performers...
...attending the three-day course, held monthly at the cozy medieval Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, it can feel like they are, quite literally, learning to walk all over again. Everyday situations such as eating dinner become a minefield of possible faux pas. But within an hour Mather has them properly scooping their soup ("Away from yourself, so as not to splash the tie") and daintily adding salt on the side, rather than dousing the entire dish ("Do you think you're in a trucker's caf?...