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...dancing troupe. Along with the company’s “Smooth Criminal” piece, Susan E. Maya ’08 has also choreographed “a fun, whimsical dance set,” which combines “a showy Broadway feel and traditional rhythm-tap.” Maya says that her dance, set to the song “King of New York,” uniquely diverges from the average tap performance and “gives the audience a taste of what tap is really like...
Along with the company’s “Smooth Criminal” piece, Susan E. Maya ’08 has also choreographed “a fun, whimsical dance set,” which combines “a showy Broadway feel and traditional rhythm-tap.” Maya says that her dance, set to the song “King of New York,” uniquely diverges from the average-ever day tap performance and “gives the audience a taste of what tap is really like...
...Shakeel Avadhany (MIT ’09). According to Rudrapatna, Carnatic music is very similar to other music forms, such as Russian classical, in so far as having a 12-note octave. However, what truly sets it apart is the improvisatory nature of the compositions, based on variations in rhythms with an underlying eight beat cycle and a bass scale, called a Raga. Rudrapatna says that there is no rehearsal involved in the performance process. “It’s more like an oral tradition. You go up there, have a basic idea of lines, and play...
...near-length advantage, and Princeton trailed the leaders by a few seats. But Harvard, stuck in third-place throughout, made the sort of move in the final 500 meters that it has mastered in a dual season marred by inconsistency. The Crimson took up the rating and found the rhythm it had so lacked in the first three minutes, tearing down the course in the furious final sprint to pull within seats of the Bulldogs and the Tigers.The three crews crossed the line in close succession, as Yale (5:46.2) eked out a three-seat win over Princeton...
...worst races of the season,” heavyweight senior Laura Martin said. “We had problems from the beginning.”Despite these problems, the team sprinted ahead by a boat length over the first 1000 meters. But Radcliffe never got in rhythm, never raced in unison, and as a result, the team fell back over the third 500 meters. The Black and White, despite a strong final sprint, could not catch BU, as the varsity eight was edged by 1.6 seconds in posting a time of 6:29.0.“We gained a boat...