Word: transylvania
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...attend an opening of their 2003 play, Playing the Victim. It's a good thing the duo don't mind life on the road. Their increasing popularity as two of the world's hottest young playwrights has made itineraries like Moscow to Sydney via Tokyo, or Boston to Transylvania via London, routine as they attend their plays' premieres and workshops. [an error occurred while processing this directive...
...this is no circus act-it's a celebration of the migratory tradition, and of the cycle of life modern society seems to have forgotten. Resplendent brides, angry fathers, jealous rivals and belly dancers race around the circular arena on their beautiful steeds, as dueling bands-strings from Transylvania and brass from Moldavia-drive the whole spectacle toward climax. Battuta offers feasts and romance, weddings and funerals, imbuing them with the absurdity and surrealism of dreams. As the furious crescendo finally tapers and night falls, a violin draws a melancholic tune while the caravan beds down, their horses shifting...
...this is no circus act - it's a celebration of the migratory tradition, and of the cycle of life modern society seems to have forgotten. Resplendent brides, angry fathers, jealous rivals and belly dancers race around the circular arena on their beautiful steeds, as dueling bands - strings from Transylvania and brass from Moldavia - drive the whole spectacle toward climax...
Along a rundown track on the outskirts of Cluj-Napoca, a small city in rural Transylvania, a construction site teems with laborers sawing wood, hammering nails and measuring angles. The tools are basic and the building plans simple, but the workers[an error occurred while processing this directive] are not what you might expect; it's a band of executives hailing from corporate heavies Whirlpool and Ikea, who've traveled to Romania from Italy and Sweden. The well-heeled workforce comes courtesy of Habitat for Humanity, a 30-year-old American-based charity that recruits volunteers to address the problem...
...Janet (Jennifer H. Rugani ’07), a fresh-faced, virginal couple straight from 1950s social-hygiene videos, stumble onto a castle filled with cross-dressing, scantily clad, lecherous residents. They are presided over by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a “sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania,” who has recently created—in “Frankenstein” style—Rocky (Gordon T. Kraft-Todd ’07), the perfect man, for himself. The rest involves scientific experiments, aliens, and a floor show—and makes absolutely no sense...