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...first-place Crimson early Saturday night. Realizing its own height disadvantage, Brown started four guards against Harvard’s traditional three-guard set. While Rollins had her way against the undersized Bears—she had nine first-frame points en route to a game-high 15-point performance??the Crimson, eager to create mismatches in the low post, committed nine turnovers by halftime. “In the first half we tried so hard to thread the needle and make those quick shots that we didn’t really run much of an offense...
...Emeralds,” the first piece, was an unimpressive start to the show. Balanchine’s stunning choreography proved difficult for the ensemble, who performed sloppily, lacking any unison or cohesion. Hideous costumes only emphasized the performance??s problems, making “Emeralds” the weakest vignette in “Modern Muses...
...that electronica duo Daft Punk has recorded a live album called “Alive 2007” begs two questions. One: why should we care about their bleep-blooping in general? And two: what’s the point of a live electronica album, besides pointing out the performance??s inherent irony? (Yeah, we get it: you’re two humans making “live” robot music. That’s funny.) With regard to the first question: because they’re popular and they’ve affected popular culture. Daft...
...encompassing. While most of the subject matter, and even the jokes at some points, may go over the heads of younger members in audience, it’s not sufficiently witty enough to be consistently enjoyable for older viewers. This tension carries over to Portman’s performance??having played serious roles for the majority of her career, her puns and exaggerated expressions are forced or saccharine sweet. She is definitely more comfortable dramatically choking back tears as Mr. Magorium prepares to leave. On the other hand, Zach Mills (“The Santa Clause...
...mind in the Wisconsin game,” Stone says. “If you could duplicate that every day, you would have lightning in a ball.”But Stone also cites the old sports adage that an athlete is only as good as her last performance??something that both Martin and Kessler will have to keep in mind as they work hard to duplicate the success of last year’s campaign. “They will get every change to prove themselves, as they both did last year,” Stone says...