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Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!--the second Broadway outing for the saucy, violet-haired, spangle-spectacled matron played by Australian actor Barry Humphries--has, by contrast, no trouble filling the stage. And it's not just the piano player and the four dancers who accompany him. Humphries has built an entire show out of that old comedy-club staple of bantering with the audience. But the earnestly solicitous singsong with which Dame Edna delivers her well-practiced sucker punches ("I love the outfit you've chosen." Beat. "Is it reversible?") robs them of any meanness or condescension. Humphries...
...Moment to Muse” is a return to the classical style with which “Classic N’ Country” starts, and its dancers’ swirling paces match the rippling piano music. This piece is choreographed particularly well by Nancie Woods (staged by Kate L. Penner ’07), and the way that the ballerinas group together and then break apart effortlessly is impressive to watch. The stillness of the other dancers when one takes the lead especially underscores the restful musing in the title...
...final act, “Memphis,” features jazzy piano and slinky ballerinas in jean skirts and bandannas. The feminine confidence and grace with which the dancers pull “Memphis” off is reminiscent of the similar group effort in “Giselle.” This striking similarity—despite the dichotomy between the two pieces—drives home the point that even when dressed down, ballet is by no means obsolete...
...restrained,” but both of these adjectives are apt to describe this, given the context of the recent V8rdom material and especially eYe’s Visian Recreation Newsound remixes. The drums continue to build in the track, until 4:33, when a piano(!) enters into the fray, weaving improvisational lines in with Yoshimi’s continued vocal flourishes, still wordless, merely a beautiful crooning melody—this band has clearly come a long way since the guttural growling of their 1986 Anal by Anal 7”. The song begins to build towards its first...
Aleck Karis on piano and soprano Tony Arnold will perform Birtwistle’s works including 26 Orpheus Elegies, Nenia: The Death of Orpheus, Harrison’s Clocks and Verses. Free and open to the public. Parking available at the Everett Street Garage. John Knowles Paine Concert Hall...