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...than to the stage. The frantic emergence of the actors from the Lincoln Center audience not only circumvented slow entrances and exits but added sheer exuberance. However, by fully embracing the possibilities of the new medium, cutting swiftly between different shots and merging the narration and flashbacks in rapid succession, Schepisi gives the work an even more natural celerity...
...Since rapid economic improvement is essential to winning broad popular support for the new Palestinian authority, the P.L.O.'s economic planners have drafted 2,500 projects ranging from a telecommunications system in Jericho to a $150 million airport in Gaza. Initial priority will be given to establishing an infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, which now lacks even the most basic services. Many West Bank Arabs fear that the endemic corruption of the P.L.O. will eat up large amounts of investment money. To reassure them, Arafat has agreed to call in an independent auditing firm to monitor spending...
...Russian dancer's leaps and their perfect synchronicity elicited tremendous applause from the audience. The slow and sensuous, technically challenging Arabian "coffee" movement performed by Kyra Strasberg, Todd Eric Allen and David Porter, mesmerized the audience and incorporated elements of modern dance into classical ballet. Finally, the rapid speed of the Sugar Plum Fairy's pirouettes and her leaps in plie on point all allowed Jennifer Gelfand to look delicate and effortless while demonstrating her internationally recognized mastery of technique. While strong on her own Gelfand proved to have even more range in her movement in a pas de deux...
...Harvard AIDS Institute will host an "AIDS in Asia" forum this afternoon, addressing the rapid growth of HIV in countries such as India and Thailand, said Dr. Richard Marlink, executive director of the AIDS Institute...
...actually hear them. Under the direction of Steve Huang, the orchestra drowns out many of the solo and duet numbers. In one particularly egregious example, the brilliant rendition of "Two Sides of the Coin" by Sneeringer and Feldman, the only way the audience knows the two are singing the rapid-fire chorus is by watching their lips move. This problem, a common one at the Agassiz, would at least be forgivable if the orchestra played well. Due probably to poor rehearsal rather than lack of talent, the orchestra stumbles through most of the numbers rather clumsily...