Word: grandly
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...However, brilliant dancing and choreography does shine through in several instances. Most notable were the two principal couples: the Snow Queen and King (Pollyana Ribeiro and Alex Lapshin) and the Sugerplum Fairy and Cavalier (Larissa Ponomerenko and Giuseppe Picone) in their grand pas de deux. Overall the corps de ballet performed well, although the snowflakes in Act I lacked the precision of the lovely Act II flowers...
...remix is to transform. Starting from the base of Faithless' sophomore album Sunday 8 PM, the recently released Special Edition includes, in addition to the original, a companion Saturday 3 AM disk chock full of remixes. Sunday 8 PM occupied a unique point in Faithless's eclectic style from grand house music to funky pop, but was certainly much more of a success in Europe, where the British group resides, than Stateside. Only "Insomnia" from their first album Reverence has made much of an impact. Unfortunately, the Special Edition may end up facing the same fate, since Saturday...
...Stylistically, the cinematography is very similar to what we saw in The Shawshank Redemption: tight close-ups, wide establishing shots, innovative camera angles. Darabont is a master of filming grand, sweeping epics in relatively confined spaces, and he stays true to form here. The pacing is deliberate, allowing the audience to fully experience all the tensions and hardships of life on Death Row. Still, Darabont is careful not to waste any screentime on dull moments; there's plenty of action to offset the unusually long running time. As the film progresses, the tone remains predominantly serious (befitting a story...
From the first dance scene in which the Follies Girls make their grand entrance, wearing striking red-sequined costumes highlighting their vivacity, to the full company dancing-and-singing numbers "Girls Enter Nevada," "Slap that Bass," "Tonight's the Night," "I got Rhythm," "The Real American Folk Song," and the Finale, the audience can be assured seamless choreography paralleled by impeccable singing. Choreographer Kimberlee Garris ??, co-captain of the Crimson Dance Team, has put together routines that are not only perfectly executed by the dancers, but truly original; one of the best parts of the show is during a musical...
...deadlines or no, with or without color, there's not much more I could have asked for from FM than the ability to look back and be glad to have done what I did. And I am. And I can only hope my grand plans for the future fail so well. Because as much fun as I trust you've had reading FM this past year, I can assure you that ARC, AMD, JSP, AMSM and I have had that much more planning...