Word: space
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DANCE IS AN ART built on tensions. From the primary element of the working muscle to the elegant patterns of body and space, movement and music, the energy flows back and forth in an interplay of contrasts, daring mind and sense to seize the balance and rejoice...
...test-ban agreement, outlawing nuclear explosions in the atmosphere, under water and in outer space, is already in effect between the superpowers. Two other agreements, limiting the size of underground explosions, have been signed by both sides but have not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. Nonetheless, as a top priority in its arms-control program, the Carter Administration has been pushing for a new, comprehensive test-ban agreement. Reason: it is fearful that the Russians, who have made far greater use of nuclear firepower than the U.S. for earth moving and other engineering purposes, could be gaining valuable military...
...show, The Act does not deserve it. The book is dental floss inserted with tedious hygienic monotony so as to clear a space for the next molar crunch of song and dance. It is the tale of Michelle Craig (Minnelli) who became a film star slavishly dependent on her producer-husband, Dan Connors (Barry Nelson), lost him and flopped. She is now trying to re gain her career and born-again self-reliance with a nightclub act in Las Vegas - which is what The Act is about...
...score by Kander and Ebb is staunchly melodic; professionalism runs in this pair's musical bloodstream. Hollywood, California is a saucy spoof of the West Coast gossip queens, City Lights is a dithyrambic salute to New York, and My Own Space is a pensive, meditative ode to the beauty of possessing one's territorial declarative. Halston's costumes blaze like sun-kindled autumn leaves, and the dance team of three women and four men are, collectively, a card hand of sev en aces. One member of the chorus, Roger Minami, provides ebullient comic relief in Arthur...
...Alberto breaking down the right wing," Nelson said, describing the play after the game. "I just knew where he was going to put the ball so I headed for the space. I had to dive but it was a perfect chip...