Word: pitchforked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life is proceeding apace around you. The twins continue to play in the barn and plan their magic show while around them person after person dies in horrible circumstances due to the actions of the "bad" twin. Their insufferable cousin, jumping in the hayloft, lands on a carefully placed pitchfork. Their invalid mother is pushed down the stairs in the middle of the night when no one but them is there is to see. By day they are such charming creatures, uninterested by anything except their childish games, that an external spirit of evil seems to be lurking...
Buffoons, set to a theme from Rimsky Korsakov's The Snow Maiden, is a robust, circus-like satire on Old Russia, with a drunken boyar, a devil wielding a pitchfork and a troupe of gymnastic, gnomic clowns. The other two novelties are internationally flavored departures from Moiseyev's customary exploration of the Russian heritage. Sicilian Tarantella is a festive evocation of Italy's traditional folk dance, while Gaucho is a foot-stomping challenge match for three male soloists, dressed like Argentine cowboys on parade. The Latin rhythms have the right ring, but Moiseyev's cowboys look...