Word: role
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...need to put forward confidence; there’s a certain beauty in it,” Shelton explains. Every ballroom style has its own character that requires performers to act to the music, so costumes help dancers fit the parts. “You play a role of elegance and high class for Standard and a role of sex appeal for Latin,” Perez-Moreno says. These extravagant costumes require dancers to spend exorbitant sums of money to stay on top of their appearances—which often deters less-serious performers...
Ever the iconoclast, Mamet takes on the role of the heretic in “Theatre.” Much of the book is spent attempting to dismantle ideas that have been the foundation of theatre-making for over a century. Mamet seems to have no problem unabashedly denouncing his predecessors, but Stanislavsky unequivocally bears most of the criticism in Mamet’s book. “Stanislavsky’s trilogy is a bunch of useless gack,” he writes, “Brecht’s gibberish about the alienation effect is, as proved...
Short, who is best known for his roles in “Stomp the Yard” and “Armored,” is both a husband and a father, and says that those personal roles that have helped prepare him for this one. “It’s not a departure at all, it’s actually a great help,” he said. “I don’t know if I’d necessarily be able to tap [into the role] in the right way if I wasn?...
...hard to find, but a hometown hero is even harder. Consider the criteria: a hometown hero has to be at the top of his profession and exciting to watch; he has to be local and embody the values of his home; and he has to be a role model, the kind kids grow up wishing they could be. In professional sports, not surprisingly, the list is pretty small. In fact, it’s pretty much limited to two players: the NBA’s LeBron James and MLB’s Joe Mauer. Both were MVPs of their respective...
According to Radulian, “The Pillowman” ultimately blurs the boundary between fiction and reality to question the artist’s role in society...