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...table. And like Arafat, the absence of a peace process leaves him threatened with political extinction. Arafat and Peres shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for their Oslo effort. But even if a new breakthrough were possible, right now, neither man appears to have the freedom of maneuver to choreograph...
...administration is now finding itself having to choreograph two reluctant dancers in a cease-fire process for which neither has much enthusiasm. To what extent will Washington be prepared to lean on the players to move them forward...
Audiences watching the aerial ballets, lightning swordplay and Astaire-worthy foot fights in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may gasp with childlike wonder and delight. Who is brilliant and daft enough to choreograph these nonstop battles? The answer is Yuen Wo-ping, stunt master supreme and, not incidentally, the director of a couple of dozen films--among them some of the most exciting in Hong Kong movie history. "He's directed more movies than I have," says Ang Lee. "And better ones...
...most entertaining part of the evening was "Deck of Cards." In it, Morris gains the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only man to ever choreograph for a remote controled 18-wheeler. The first segment of the piece featured said remote controled 18-wheeler rolling across the stage with lights flashing. And things only got better as the twangy sounds of a George Jones somebody-done-me-wrong song rolled out and a woman in a flowing red dress and pumps struck a dramatic pose onstage. I checked my program again because I thought that Mark Morris was performing this...
Labelling genetic polymorphisms is an interesting and very controversial way of investigating psychiatric illness. There is little question that people's mental states are the product of both genetic and environmental influences; nature and nurture co-choreograph our intellectual steps and missteps. Still, it often seems superficial and reductionist to explain complex mental machinations with a chromosome number and base substitution. How can we possibly acknowledge the flair of the human thought process by merely pinpointing a genetic locus...