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...Circle revived what they call "a modern classic", "The Shakers", choreographed in 1931 by the late Doris Humphrey. It could have been left unresuscitated; few would have missed it. Miss Humphrey evidently felt that the Shakers were frightfully boring people, who, as the program tells us, "believed they could shake themselves free of sin and did not believe in marriage." Her piece begins with a prayer meeting that is totally mechanical and unsubtle. Although some prayer meetings may fit this description they do not make good material for dance programs. What naturally results is incredibly obvious choreography laid...
...West Was Won. Cinerama turns from picture postcards to epic storytelling with a spectacle worthy of its wide-screen wonders. Sodbusters, Indians, outlaws, good guys, and a thousand thundering buffaloes, all but shake the balcony off its hinges...
...quite clear last week that the latest shake of the kaleidoscope resulted in new patterns and alignments overwhelmingly favorable to Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Syrian revolution was the third in six months by rebels pledged to make common cause with Egypt. Flights of new leaders poured into Cairo for tear-stained embraces with Nasser and nightlong conferences on the future course of that misty concept called Arab unity. Nasser stands at the pinnacle of prestige, if not of power, and the shadow he casts has never been longer. Today, it falls over the entire Arab world from the Persian Gulf...
...begin practicing for the 1963-64 basketball season. They will attract little attention either then or later during the season. The CRIMSON will probably make a few snide remarks, the Office of Sports Information will send out the usual press releases, and most students will shake their heads sadly, mumbling to themselves about the "state of Harvard basketball...
...avalanche of buffaloes comes pounding down on a railroad camp. Cinerama's seven-channel stereophonic speaker system takes over with an earthquaking rumble that sweeps through the theater and seems to shake the balcony from its moorings. Cameras in pits recorded the scene, and the results include a moment of pure impressionist cinematography: the huge screen goes black except for a dancing fringe of buffalo hoofs silhouetted along the bottom...