And when the inexhaustible Wula drummers made their way to the stage from the aisle, it was glitteringly otherworldly.
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This spring, new productions of the Waits-Wilson collaborations are among several glitteringly dark musicals to be found in sunny southern Germany.
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Besides, not everything on sale is as glitteringly trite as golden ceremonial plates and christening gifts; the artworks for auction are practically aggressive in their gaudiness.
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Andrew Veyette, a veteran company member, made his debut as Prince Ivan, with Ashley Bouder, who was fiercely vivid and glitteringly raw in the title role.
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There's the carousel of drugs, alcohol and sex that are so glitteringly (and largely inaccurately) depicted in cinematic renderings of 'madness', but there's also an overwhelming sense of all-consuming confidence and boundless self-worth.
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In a speech written by the principal dancers Teresa Reichlen and Adrian Danchig-Waring and read by the glitteringly confident Ms. Reichlen at the fall fashion gala, three words stuck out: dignity, integrity and honor.
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Inspired by her escapades and her apparently undimmable sparkle — she built a beautiful Deco pool on the grounds of Lismore Castle in Ireland, "where there's no sunlight at all, whatsoever," Mr. Moralioglu said — he offered a collection of undimmable sparkle, furiously embroidered, glitteringly gay.
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In 1947, she accepted an invitation from the Marquis George de Cuevas to join a new ballet company, which was variously called the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo or the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, but was most commonly called the de Cuevas Ballet by theatergoers. The presence there of choreographer Bronislava Nijinska was one of the major factors in Hightower's decision. Nijinska choreographed for Hightower the "glitteringly virtuosic" Rondo Capriccioso.
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Nijinska choreographed for Hightower the "glitteringly virtuosic" Rondo Capriccioso. In addition to classic dances, Hightower's performances included Piège de Lumière by John Taras, the troupe's choreographer and balletmaster, in which she danced the role of a butterfly in a tropical forest who enchants a group of escaped convicts.Anderson, Jack. "Rosella Hightower, Prima Ballerina and School Founder, Is Dead at 88", The New York Times (4 November 2008). A 1953 costume party in Biarritz featured 2,000 guests, of 4,000 invitees, who wore 18th- century costumes.
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Ruth Welting was no less impressive as Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. She sang her glitteringly high music with "not a note misplaced and every one struck truly and accurately". She had been an accomplished Philine in CBS's recording of Ambroise Thomas's Mignon - see Mignon (Antonio de Almeida recording) - but her Fée was even better. The album's other three women were all good too, with Teresa Cahill and Elizabeth Bainbridge "sprightly" as Cendrillon's stepsisters and Jane Berbié bringing out all the comical villainy of their mother.
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" Matt James of PopMatters commented, "Over the course of five albums, Goldfrapp have proved themselves one of the most imaginative, artistic and entertaining bands of this new century", concluding that the compilation "offers an intriguing introduction to one of Britain's premier pop art bands." Drowned in Sound's David Edwards opined that "the most striking thing from their singles compilation is that within this, they actually managed to craft some rather excellent pieces of pop orientated electronica", adding that on The Singles, Goldfrapp are "exactly how they wanted the world to see them: sleek, intelligent, flirtatious and deliciously off their tits." Martyn Young of DIY described the compilation as "a triumph of compellingly brilliant classy pop". Jaime Gill of BBC Music raved, "Fourteen songs that veer between the perfect and the merely outstanding, The Singles is proof that Goldfrapp have been the most versatile and most consistently, glitteringly brilliant pop band of our new millennium.
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Although he got his own gig with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in August 2017 (performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Hollywood Bowl), he substituted for Khatia Buniatishvili in July 2018 and performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2016, at the age of 26, Abduraimov made his solo recital debut in the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, becoming one of the very few young artists to do so; he played works by Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Liszt in addition to transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach by Alfred Cortot and Ferrucio Busoni. He had played a solo recital in Carnegie Hall's much smaller Weill Recital Hall that previous year, and also performed Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev at the Stern Auditorium in a concert that was broadcast by the video streaming platform Medici.tv. That same year, he also made his debut at the BBC Proms, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Valery Gergiev; his performance was described by The Guardian as a "glitteringly idiomatic account".
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