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...Latin flavor at all. But despite that flaw, the piece stuns, enchants and even raises giggles from the audience. Set to Mozart's 29th Symphony, "Flights of Fancy" fuses vivid color and classical music into a charming treat for both eye and ear. Against a pure white background, four female and three male dancers (each clad in a different shade of the rainbow) and a chorus in bright red recall the delightful simplicity of a Sesame Street skit. Daniel Pelzig's choreography is a welcome breath of fresh air. The piece utilizes conventional styles of dancing but while tosses...
...display are well worth seeing. Many, though not all, of the panels have been translated into English; a reading knowledge of French will be helpful but not essential to figuring out what's going on. The exhibit, laid out in roughly chronological order, starts by giving the viewer background on the classic comic weeklies Spirou and Pilote--started up in Belgium in 1938 and in France in 1959, respectively--which gave shape to the gradually maturing aesthetic of French comics. The commentary will take you through the first appearance of the "clean line" style of Herge, the creator and artist...
Clark was quick to establish his background. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife Carrie and his first son. He first encountered the writing life as a journalist with a specialty in food and travel. His penchant for history, however, soon took over, and he wrote two nonfiction books: James Beard: A Biography and River of the West. Since publishing In the Deep Midwinter, Clark has finished another book with the working title Mr. White's Confusion and is researching for his next project, a memoir and genealogy of his family...
While Zacks has had previous experience in publicity and Campolattaro has a dance background, both women said that Dance Day was something of a new endeavor for them...
...women's lacrosse teams are both nationally ranked and one, if not both, may qualify for post-season play. However, like many at Harvard, I've always found it difficult to cheer excessively for a bunch of rich kids from Long Island (which is probably hypocritical in that my background is similar. Lacrosse is a game for the elite; I'd rather play stickball...