Word: pseudomodern
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...Hamlet Connotations proves that choreographers can make bad ones as well. Set to a trio of astringent pieces by Aaron Copland, Neumeier's stripped-down, expressionistic dance is simplistically Oedipal: Mother Gertrude seems as much in love with her angst-ridden son as he is with her. The pseudomodern choreography is a pastiche of familiar gambits - with a lot of rolling around on the floor, body contractions and angular flexing of arms...
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