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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more voice than he actually had, and he had personal problems." Rosekrans vaguely remembers Applewhite's handing him a letter from a psychiatrist before withdrawing from the production. Thus, through crumbling ambition and the denial of desire, the easy affability of a young Texan from Spur, who loved to perform in lavish productions like Oklahoma! and South Pacific, was transmogrified into the troubled charisma of a cult master in Rancho Santa Fe, California, one who last week led his 38 followers on a fatal comet chase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMPRISONED BY HIS OWN PASSIONS: Marshall Herff Applewhite | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...City nightclub fixture and producer, who says the first cut, Peace Train, is already a big hit at Arena, the club where he's a deejay. "If I don't play it, they start shouting for it from the dance floor," Vasquez says. "Now I'm hoping she'll perform for gay-pride week as well." The video was made by Christopher Ciccone, still most famous for being Madonna's brother but slowly making a name in the dance-video business as well. The idea of juxtaposing Dolly's bubbly singing and the rhythm-heavy grooves of the nocturnal crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 7, 1997 | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...would think this is a good thing. After all, Harvard certainly rates high in the stress category; this is a fast-paced, pressured and demanding campus that pushes its students hard. We are expected to perform at peak capacity at all times. There is little time for relaxation and little room for imperfection, to say nothing of vulnerability...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Peer Counselors Should Get Support | 4/4/1997 | See Source »

...next night. She later learned that the village elders decided he could no longer entertain because he was "no longer possessed." Swados has since adopted this rule for her own work: To work with one of her productions "you have to be 'possessed' or you don't get to perform...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Ushering in the Millenium | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

...Flatley is stomping into Hollywood with the help of an influential team of publicists and talent agents. He was scheduled to perform at the Oscars this week, and a movie project is in the works, based on his life and set against the world of Irish dance. "If I make a film, I'll do it the way I want to do it," Flatley says with characteristic bravado. "If I make something, I want it to have a touch of class." And probably a touch of spandex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANCE: MR. BIG OF THE NEW JIG | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

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