Word: superbness
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Makk and his two superb actresses excel at capturing the ambivalences between the old lady and her daughter-in-law, the mingling of affection and exasperation, rivalry and devotion. Soon, but quietly, the old lady dies. Not long afterward, her son (Ivan Darvas) is released from prison, with as little warning and reason as he was first put there. He savors, almost timidly, the sudden sensations of freedom, then, a little anxiously, returns home to his wife. Luca tells him of his mother's passing, and he mourns, though not for long. In his wife he is reminded again...
...Anthony Tudor [choreographer] once asked me how I would wish to be remembered: as a dancer or a choreographer. Unhesitatingly I retorted, 'As a dancer, of course.' But now I see what he was getting at." Indeed. Last week's superb performances make it obvious that Martha Graham will be remembered as both...
Maggie Smith, a superb actress, is a peerless comedienne. With her own fractured regality, a tenuous dignity that seems to invite comic disaster, she can make haggard bits like tripping or falling out of bed seem instantly fresh and funny...
...fours, Radcliffe was unable to match the superb showing of the eights. After breezing into the finals with a 10-second win over Wellesley, the winds of fate shifted against the Cliffe quartet. At the start of the fours finals, Radcliffe jumped out to a quick lead only to have an oar jump its oar lock. The mishap forced the race to be called back for a second start...
...show contains a wide sampling of Hodler's work ranging in date from the early 1870s to the artist's death in 1918. Most astonishing -- and somewhat disconcerting -- is the bizarre variety of styles. The exhibition leaves the impression of an artist of superb talents who because he never found a consistent style has been immensely difficult to appreciate. The early influences are the ones expected for the time: Corot and Manet in particular. The diversity is present right away in Hodler's work, and so is the excellence. The Angry One, a self-portrait of 1881, demonstrates a fully...