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Word: strutters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unknown, a background vocalist in a cheerleader's body. Moreover, of her first album's ten cuts, six were ballads. This chanteuse had to fight for air play with hard rockers. The young lady had to stand uncowed in the locker room of macho rock. The soul strutter had to seduce a music audience that anointed few black artists with superstardom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Prom Queen of Soul | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...almost a divertissement, basically more evidence of Robbins' obsession with the problems of partnering. His major work for City Ballet in this busy spring is Glass Pieces, a 26-minute work set to the minimalist compositions of Philip Glass. This ballet shows the bold side, the brainy city strutter in Robbins. Formal, clear and well structured, it is his strongest work in years. It begins with 33 dancers, dressed in multicolored practice clothes, walking briskly across the stage, each alone, no two taking precisely the same route. This traffic is directed by Glass's galvanizing Rubric: loud, brash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: A Busy Springtime for Jerry | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

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