Word: baryshnikov
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...annual tradition - and the glitziest Washington gets - this year's Honors marks the first presided over by the Obamas as the First Couple. Among the 300 guests in attendance were Mikhail Baryshnikov, Matthew Broderick, Harry Connick, Jr., Jane Krakowski, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Barbara Walters, Nora Ephron, Ed Norton and a number of Congressmen and cabinet members. "I think that this was a beautiful night," said Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota...
...though it wasn't the President's turn for the limelight, attendees couldn't help but throw some admiring words his way. Hancock called himself "a fan." Baryshnikov said, "Obama is great," and added, "We all have to support him." "Oh, I love him," said Black. "He's very approachable...a very kind and thoughtful...
...Norman Group. Don't let the bland title fool you: what Nielsen and Pernice have done is track the eye movements of hundreds of people as they navigate websites, looking up advice on how to deal with heartburn, shopping for baby presents, picking cell-phone features, learning about Mikhail Baryshnikov. By bouncing infrared beams off a person's retinas and recording head movements with a camera, the researchers were able to deduce what sort of ads garner attention in real time - a methodology that runs laps around later asking people to recall what they saw. (See how to plan...
...prided himself on creations as fragmented as he believed society to be. His pieces--performed worldwide and with the company he founded in 1953--often divided the stage into autonomous zones of activity. His dedication to abstraction became his trademark; Mikhail Baryshnikov once described the way Cunningham dancers cover space as a "kind of organized chaos...
Perhaps the most frequently quoted remark about dance in recent years is George Balanchine's maxim, ''Ballet is woman.'' People respond to it heartily: for once, someone on the inside had the guts to state the obvious. Though some of the greatest stars, from Nijinsky to Baryshnikov, have been men, women carry the art form, providing its focus as well as much of its mystery. The appearance of a new, genuine ballerina is one of the exciting events in the theater. Of course she does not materialize overnight. Years of steely determination and self-denial precede the epiphany, and serious...