Word: waltz
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dancers soon moved into standard dance formations that were enlivened by energetic jumps and elegant attitude turns that landed in generous lunges. McCusker’s choreography settled well into the nooks and crannies of Klucevsek’s music as dancers shifted their motions to match a longing waltz, a confident tango-based string passage, and a frenetic, animalistic segment reminiscent of a snapshot from Salvador Dali’s surrealist portfolio. But the transitions between McCusker’s creative motifs seemed unsteady at times, as the dancers’ changes in character seemed to lag during these...
...11–accompanied O’Neill’s vocals on the guitar and then added a harmonica, much to the crowd’s delight.For the last song, O’Neill took up her violin to round out “Julie’s Waltz,” named for Julie M. Wright ’11, who played piano and percussion back-up for the band.Though they did not yet know that they would walk away from the contest with the opportunity to record an album with Veritas, the trio knew they needed...
...composer’s last piece before his unexpected death in 1893, “Pathétique” constantly changes from moments of elation to emotional turmoil. However, Levine pulled out passionate swells throughout the first movement, with exuberant fanfares and quiet textures.The second movement, a waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both were played with grace and beautiful phrasing. There was particularly good communication between the wind chorale theme and the pizzicato...
...history. How does your son influence the way you're looking at this election? We talk a great deal. I don't want to share his views, but he is passionate about politics and has a young man's wonderfully interesting take on the personalities that waltz through American history. But mostly, as any parent of a young man or young woman will tell you, his great impact on me is to introduce me to Arcade Fire, to play his music and explain his generation...
...While it's nothing new for a presidential nominee to campaign across the country and arrive at his party's convention late, Obama's waltz into Denver is particularly slow and low-key. He's holding just one event a day, and those are mostly small town-hall meetings and picnics. Even for the reporters covering Obama the days have been relatively mellow: working from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is unheard of on the campaign trail...