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...political and energetic, the range of moods evoked by the Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company’s (HRDC) whimsically named recital, “The Spring Collection of Dancical Werks,” was truly awe-inspiring. Co-directed by Mai-King C. Chan ’06 and Sonia K. Todorova ’07, “Werks” ran this past weekend at the recently completed Harvard Dance Center (HDC), and its performances were as sleek and modern as the new venue. The opening dance, “Not Fire, Not Ice” choreographed...
...It’s a very subtle collaborative process,” Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company (HRDC) Co-Director Sonia K. Todorova ’07 says of modern dance. “It becomes something that originates in the choreographer’s mind and then transforms into what the dancers give to it.” The result? “Nobody...can predict the end.” For the HRDC, tonight is that unpredictable end. This weekend, the company’s straightforwardly titled “Spring Concert of Modern Dance?...
...RESIGNED. SONIA GANDHI, 59, leader of India's Congress Party; from her seat in Parliament, following allegations that she violated conflict-of-interest rules by holding a position with a government advisory board; in New Delhi. The move, which quickly neutralized criticism from her opponents, cost Gandhi little power: she remains head of her party and its ruling coalition. At a press conference announcing her decision, Gandhi said stepping down from her elected post was "the right thing...
...Sonia Gandhi's surprise decision to resign as a member of parliament leaves the world's biggest representative democracy in the hands of two leaders, Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who technically don't represent anyone. If that sounds like a strange system of government, this is even stranger. Rather than bad for Indian politics, many in India fed up with corruption and venality as usual would argue that Gandhi and Singh are the best thing to happen to it in a long time...
...more to rest the mind than to rest the body. Indeed, most of the benefits of eight hours' sleep seem to accrue to the brain: sleep helps consolidate memory, improve judgment, promote learning and concentration, boost mood, speed reaction time and sharpen problem solving and accuracy. According to Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego who has done extensive studies in the aging population, lack of sleep may even mimic the symptoms of dementia. In recent preliminary findings, she was able to improve cognitive function in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's simply...