Word: tensioning
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...soon as Hangen raised the baton, there was a palpable difference in the orchestra’s attentiveness. The musicians seemed to sit straighter in their chairs, and the audience waited silently. The brooding tone of the cellos in the prelude’s opening created a dark tension, with unresolved harmonies longing for fulfillment. Under Hangen’s direction, the orchestra members seemed to be more attentive to note quality and phrasing, and, for the first time that afternoon, a rich orchestral sound filled Sanders Theatre. With her long blond hair pulled back into a low bun, Harmer...
...friends call a “dot head.” When Pat reveals that he knows Cliff, however, his brother changes his behavior, and the incident is quickly forgotten, if not resolved. The child-like complacency of Pat’s narration only serves to heighten the tension of such comments. Like Pat’s friend Danny, most of the people who populate the novel are walking clichés. Pat’s father is a man whose emotional state rises and falls with the fate of his favorite football team, while his mother is an underappreciated...
...bravery.” Fortunately, the film picks up steam as the focus shifts to the final weeks before the election. Moore gives his story a boost of adrenaline by focusing on a series of conservative protests against his speeches. He even manages to evoke some tension and excitement—though the election’s outcome is, of course, obvious. Nevertheless, the film’s final sections bring to mind memories of Michael Moore at his best. Ultimately, “Slacker Uprising” represents the culmination of a failed project. The film...
...earlier this year and takes this topic as its focus. The risk of suppressing the creativity of artists is increased, Garber said, when art is supported by non-neutral institutions, such as governments, which may seek to conform art to their own expectations or beliefs. Garber also noted the tension between the commercial and the exploratory sides of art, stating that while “older art is deeply valued, newer art is sometimes suspect.” Patrons are wary of supporting risky, edgy and unsanctioned art, which may be less commercially successful than art that is traditional...
...APRIL M. VAN BURENCONTRIBUTING WRITERYou know that moment in a movie, a play, or a TV show where the sexual tension between the two main characters finally explodes in a tumult of fiery passion? The defining moment where a pair of lovers finally embrace and let their feelings take physical form? The quintessential “first kiss” scene? This typical romantic fanfare doesn’t find a place in the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Stop Kiss.” Though the title might lead an audience to assume...