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...calves were better, and as soon as the gun went off, I knew that it was going to be a good race," Baker said. "My breathing was under control, and I felt very relaxed. I had a good rhythm going that lasted the whole 6.2 miles...
...number of dance groups on campus. One such group are the Gumboots dancers. Affiliated with the Harvard African Students Association (HASA), the Gumboots dancers celebrate a dance that orginated in South Africa. In their free time, miners "discovered" the musical potential of their workboots and slapped and clapped in rhythm. This pastime then evolved into a more intricate step-dance. One dancer, Karin Alexander '02, says that "the story of the gumboot fits into the wonderful, though pain-ridden, history of our continent. The dance expresses all of that and is like a fabulous interactive way to share part...
...sincere performances, the show fails to register. One problem is that adapter Richard Nelson has moved the pivot of the story--a song that stirs memories in Gabriel's wife (Brown) of a long-dead boy who once loved her--to earlier in the evening, thus throwing off the rhythm of the piece. (Another change: she sings the song rather than hears it.) What's more, Walken seems blandly disengaged as Gabriel, missing the psychological tension, singing indifferently and barely hinting at an Irish accent. Walken used to be a Broadway dancer, but here he's just a misstep...
...energy, and Bryan's fleet drumwork was more innovative than usual. The gimmick of a hyperactive, high-speed, truncated version of a song had failed miserably in my first show, in 1998, and it was a dud here on "Perfect." "All the Way Up to Heaven," with its Casio rhythm track and pre-recorded whistles, is a song that does not translate well to live performance, even though the crowd was whistling along. The guest musicians were solid when not left out of the mix entirely (i.e., the cellist whose name I couldn't hear from the balcony). Ryan...
...cast does a good job of trying to deal with the pit's rhythm issues, but the dancing--quite the centerpiece of such a musical--leaves a little to be desired in the area of refinement. Choreographer Colleen Gargan '02, with the exception of a few slightly awkward moments, has done an excellent job putting together a program that fits well with Porter's show, showcasing the rambunctious fun of Anything Goes. So excellent a job, in fact, that it is a little too ambitious for the cast. Anything Goes should be a thrill to dance, but with a cast...