Word: queen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ceremony, a parody of the Nobel Prize presentation, was significantly less decorous than the real thing. Overseen by the "King and Queen of Swedish Meatballs," the ceremony's theme was duct tape...
...second act takes place in a wooded graveyard where, at the stroke of midnight, the wilis are called up from their graves by Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis. The hapless Hilarion is trapped by the wilis as he comes to mourn at Giselle's grave and is forced to dance to his death. A remorseful and grieving Albrecht sees Giselle's spirit in the graveyard and, after a sorrowful and loving pas de deux,he too becomes trapped by the wilis...
Nadia Thompson was a perfectly spiteful and cruel-looking Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis. Her cold gaze and severe gestures were fitting for the role. Although slightly stiff-looking at times, her jumps were strong and high and the sequence of bourresacross the stage at the beginning of the second act were executed very well. Her shriveling glance that sent Hilarion to his death, and condemned Albrecht to nearly the same fate, could not overcome the purity and gentleness of Giselle's love--the love that, in the end, overcame her own midnight curse...
Culture yourself by taking a brisk walk over to the Carpenter Center to see the VES Visiting. Faculty Art Exhibition. Works from highlighting video instillation queen Joan Jonas, Susan Meiselas's photographs of carnival stripers and Sheldon Cohen's bewitching animation make this exhibit home of the real flame of creativity at Harvard. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., 24 Quincy Street. 495-3251. FREE...
...self-proclaimed queen of daytime television irks me. This week, when Time magazine appeared in my common room, I took one look at the cover story--the one that refers to Ms. Winfrey as "The Beloved Oprah"--and screamed in frustration...