As the figures move, they seem to float slightly, as if, like ballet dancers, their momentum carried them past ordinary ability.
As they move, they seem to float slightly, as if, like ballet dancers, their momentum carried them past ordinary human ability.
As the figures move, they seem to float slightly, as if, like ballet dancers, their momentum carried them past ordinary abilities.
Conveying these emotions in movement is challenging even for longtime dancers like co-artistic director Christine Dakin, who's been with the company since the 1970s.
Whenever I come into the bathroom, which I do quite often in the course of a typical day, our ryukins wiggle those quadruple tails like Las Vegas dancers.
Today's Alvin Ailey dancers dance like superhumans compared with 1992 Ailey.
With the dancers' single-spire headdresses pointing heavenward like so many sharp beams, and the predominance of golden hues in their sarongs (for the goddesses) and draped trousers (for the gods), the finale of "The Legend of Apsara Mera" had the look of a vista of towering temples all animated as if visited by a gentle breeze.
Some of the dances involve masks (including the imaginary lion-like "shishi" of myths), others include child dancers, reflecting variations among the four groups.
The brisk pacing mars the pageantry of the aristocratic court scenes, with unintentionally comic moments from the innocent child dancers who, as attending pages, skitter about like nervous fleas.
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That thinking leads to diminished opportunities for dancers, who need hours onstage to become a triple threat like Charlotte d'Amboise.
World-class athletes know it, dancers know it, musicians know it, and skilled communicators like Mitt Romney and Barack Obama know it.
Blame it on childish innocence or fantastic imaginations, but most kids are in for repeated heartbreak when they get older--like when they realize how hard ballerina jobs are to come by, and when they find out what dancers get paid.
Musicians play oboe-like ''suona, '' bell-shaped gongs and a variety of drums, while masked or unmasked dancers move farcically to the accompaniment.
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