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Patsy Kline’s soulful belting is not the standard soundtrack of the Harvard Ballet Company’s usually classical repertoire. But tomorrow night, as Kline croons out “I Fall To Pieces,” the company’s major performance of the year does anything but fall down, much less into pieces. Instead, the edgy first act—which also includes a ballet set to the soundtrack from the movie pi and another danced to opera music—is followed by selections of George Balanchine’s renowned choreography...
...featured films during the week-long festival displayed a remarkable variety of emotional and stylistic registers. The opening film, Dazzling, at which both the director Li Xin and producer Sara Chen were present, is a racy, disjointed pastiche in riotous color, set against a pulsating techno soundtrack, with palpable influences as various as Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire and magic realism. According to the director, a member of the up-and-coming Sixth Generation, “In their films, the technique compensates for the lack of compelling, or serious, subject matter.” In fact, technique...
...Adams and Quincy Houses and in Lecturer Heather Love’s Literature 114: “Friendship” seminar. At Adams House, conversation topics ranged from the duo’s experiences gaining a foothold in the music world and working in the porn industry as soundtrack composers to their thoughts on the interaction between academic discourse and experimental...
...organ work, while Vedder declares, “I know it’s already been sung, but it can’t be said enough / All you need is love.” Vedder also shows off the Eastern influences he first displayed on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack on “Arc,” the song sounding like a beautifully ecumenical call to prayer...
Gabriel’s best asset is his voice, a mix of gorgeous gravel and an unparrelleled emotive keening. On “I Grieve,” previously heard on the City of Angels soundtrack, Gabriel mourns the death of a loved one, his voice sounding cracked, as he struggles to “Let it out and move on.” By the song’s climax, the coda “Life carries on and on and on” sounds like a mixed blessing as Gabriel faces up to the reality of loss...