Word: solemn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public in a festival designed to muster recognition and support. The party was somewhat subdued out of sympathy for the antiwar demonstrations in Washington. Some artists left town to join the protesters; others hung out black crape along with festive streamers; and Dancer Yvonne Rainer led a solemn death march through the streets. Nevertheless, thousands of visitors trudged up and down endless flights of stairs to see paintings, sprayed-water "street sculptures," light shows and dramatic performances that ranged from the inspired to the inane. Above all, they saw evidence of the hard work and ingenuity that have transformed...
...atmosphere was less solemn than that during the huge Washington demonstration last November. The temperature hovered around 90 degrees as demonstrators wandered around absorbing the noonday sun, talking with friends, and wading in the various fountains in the area...
...differences, however, are greater than the similarities. The Play of Daniel is an anonymous creation, with roots in folksong and in ecclesiastical chant. It is alternately solemn and joyous, with a directness that is rare in music of any period. The format of the work is more formal than the kind of drama which we are accustomed to. Daniel is a simple re-telling of the Biblical narrative, and there is no more concern for unity of time and place or for psychological realism than in the original tale. The verses of the text are set to unchangingly strophic music...
...Capp was the next star. He was another to make allusions to the riot in Harvard Square, an event they really beat into the ground Sunday. "I live in Cambridge, a stone's throw from Harvard Square." The crowd got it. Suddenly he became solemn. "Over there flag-waving is a dirty word, but I would rather see our flag waved than burned!" That statement would have had the highest reading of the day if they'd had one of those applause meters like the ones they used to use on "Queen For A Day." Really an incredible response...
...light and frivolous vein, Iris and Ceres reciting their lines like girls in a sixth-grade English class. This parody of the wedding hymn, necessary to maintain the exaggerated acting, is the most obvious violation of Shakespeare's intent, but in the context of this production a more solemn celebration would have been inconsistent...