Word: sensuous
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...quality of the music that makes Culture Club the most successful band in England [Nov. 28]. They produce the best pop-rock around, mainly because of Boy George's sensuous, beautiful and definitely masculine voice...
Lionel Richie: All Night Long (Bob Rafelson). A sensuous production number, with gliding camera and giddy dancers, done in loving homage to the Hollywood grand style...
...fact, the feeling driven across each minute is a modern one--a celebration of the union of body and mind and the glorification of the human spirit. The sensuous nature of the dance is counterbalanced by the singing, which is performed exceptionally well. The dance seems to work like a complex machine, each element of which is necessary for complete success. The dancers wear different-colored milliskin leotards that outline every muscle and bone; the stage is bare except for very effective lighting that is constantly changing in color. The lack of excessive costumes and props echoes the feeling that...
...most phallically, rising like a glittering crocus out of a chalice that somewhat resembles those silver bowls in which hotels serve grapefruit. He departs crucified on a Daliesque golden triangle that is slowly projected toward the audience by a hidden cherrypicker lift. In Jesus' company come a sweetly sensuous, cheek-kissing Mary Magdalene, a quintet of Jewish high priests who call for a "final solution" to their Jesus problem, and King Herod-a queen in full drag. There is also the traitor Judas, played by a black whose considerable talent and limitless energy sometimes upstage Jesus. Clad in silver...
...company. His first fashion collection the following year was rooted in the transmogrified past. He used sashiko, an ancient form of quilted material traditionally meant for workers' clothing and judo uniforms. Miyake wove it wide, not narrow, and softened it so it yielded an unexpected, even sensuous, pliability...