Word: stomps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What does the word 'stomp' make you think of?" asks Stomp's official web site. "Music, dance, theatre, choreography or performance art? All of the above! Or is it none of the above...
Fitting itself into a single tidy category is one of the very few things that Stomp seems to have been unable to accomplish. The loud, gritty, percusion-oriented show has been touring the world for the past seven years, breaking box-office records and snapping up awards like flies--an Olivier in London, an Obie and a Drama Desk in New York. Now one of the show's two U.S. touring casts is back in Boston, gearing up for what looks like yet another sell...
...what in the world is all the hub-bub about? Well, Stomp has a double-edged appeal: The exuberance and power of its on-stage performance lends it the appeal of a particularly brilliant rock concert, while its genuinely creative philosophy makes it unique among the "performance art" offerings of the stage...
...Stomp's conception is this: The world around us is filled with rhythm--rhythm that can be drawn out of anything; household objects, industrial junk, the lowbrow things you find in your pockets, the natural world itself. That means that the world is filled with music. "You can make music out of absolutely anything, whether it's...tapping on a Coke can or picking up pebbles on the beach," says the show's co-creator Steve McNicholas. "It's what you want to do with...
...Well, the Internet name game is big money now ? "business.com" recently sold for $150,000 ? and a growing cadre of Netizens see InterNIC's monopoly as a rude stomp in the public domain...