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...Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor for unaccompanied violin, the piece uses a cast of 36. Cascades of energy flow from couple to couple, wit and finesse point the steps, stretchy phrasing buffets the classical meter. The work not only rewards repeated viewing, but requires it; as usual with Tharp, there are at least two things going on simultaneously, complementing or teasing each other. What can be seen right away is how well she has taken six of A.B.T's best dancers, Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones, Martine van Hamel, Clark Tippet, Magali Messac and Robert...
...magazine prospered, and gossip about its inner workings leaked out, White became the country's best-known anonymous journalist. His casual, pithy approach to a paragraph defined brevity and wit for a generation of aspiring stylists. He was so good at what he did that he grew bored with...
...should he be. In Fabio Carpi's unsentimental, indeed comic view of what would usually be presented as dark doings, youth need not apologize for its selfishness. And age has no choice but to accept it with whatever rue and wit experience has granted...
...weeks. "You would be well advised," wrote one critic, "in considering the latest musical offerings, to see See America First last." Stung by the reviews, Porter retreated to France and did not compose a full score for the American theater until he was 35. Coward affected a brittle, malicious wit and was a lifelong bachelor. Porter had a ready, indulgent humor and was married for 35 years to Linda Lee Thomas, a famous society beauty...
...modest air, she puts one in mind of a grownup Nancy Drew, though Nancy was never required to pose as a prostitute in order to crack a case. Ardant literally wears the trench coat in this picture, and dangerous activities come with the wardrobe. But a subtly knowing wit betokens pleasure in the ironies of role reversal...