Word: waltz
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...others costumes, by Patricia Zipprodt), she looks for all the world like the Black Lady from a Charles Addams cartoon. She goes through the show in reliably firm control. And she has mastered the art of gesture, and of moving--whether it be simply walking or a waltz or a Latin American rump-shaker. Vocally, she is not yet a hundred per cent effective; but she gets a good deal out of her monumental styganoric narrative. And what she does with the simple epithet "slut" has to be heard to be believed. In all, an impressive performance. Opposite her, Sandor...
...entire production is under the direction of Jerome Robbins, who has staged it fluidly. The night I attended, it was a bit slow to gather steam; but once it did, there was no flagging thereafter. He staged the waltz scene between Mamma and the Commodore with a knowing eye; and he introduced some fine touches such as having Mamma try to revive her per goldfish by artificial respiration...
...dance band can squeeze in more than one quick waltz or fox trot before the crowd begins chanting "Tvist! Tvist!" The bands quickly oblige. In less than two months, German record companies have spun out 300,000 twist disks, hope to triple their sales in six months. Of 100 different twist tunes, none on the market is more popular than a weirdie called Liebestraum von Liszt Twist, which is selling nearly 30,000 platters a week. Sample lyrics...
Alternately fresh, brash and mellow statements by a trumpeter whose playing is full of oddball humor, off-center insinuations, and piquant flurries. Such numbers as Blue Waltz and La Rive Gauche give him a fine chance to stretch his ideas...
...heart of an exploding H-bomb. Suddenly a nuclear reaction races through the hydrogen, turning it into helium and releasing a vast amount of energy. The little dwarf star flares up. many times brighter than its great partner. Once the crisis is over the stars waltz peacefully through space once more, waiting for the dwarf to accumulate hydrogen for another bright detonation...