Word: awkwardly
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...Learning to do the swing is really awkward at first," Lee said. "But you'll be surprised. If you isolate each part and teach the men and women separately, then there should be no problem...
Vanderryn, on the other hand, gives a consistently weak performance. His stage presence is awkward, not because he is so much taller than the other characters in the play, but because he simply does not seem to know what to do with himself. His lines are forced and unnatural, especially in his scenes alone with Emma. Overall, he is an actor of extremes--he either overacts or underacts...
...Cohn adapted an already existing translation herself, which means that the blame for the loss of Garcia Lorca's poetic diction and for the unusual interpretation of certain characters is hers. Poetry, even free verse such as Garcia Lorca's galloping, assonant verse. If the actors delivery of this awkward English version of Garcia Lorca's poetry falls flat at times, they may be excused...
...worship services and TV shows, it was almost business as usual last week, even though Dortch turned out to be an awkward, stiff emcee who will have a rough time holding the Bakker audience. In his first outing at the 2,000-member Heritage Village Church after Bakker's departure, Dortch said, "We'll all have to dig a little deeper...
...arrests come at a particularly awkward time for the State Department. The situation casts a cloud over the upcoming arrival in Moscow of new U.S. Ambassador Jack Matlock. Even worse is the effect on the Shultz trip. A new bubble is being built in the embassy in anticipation of the Secretary's arrival April 13, but communications technicians are not sure that security can be guaranteed...