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  • The Kiev-born classical dancer left London's Royal Ballet last year to develop a new dance-drama with electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys—their first for dance —and next Tuesday is opening night.

    Dancing to a New Tune Sarah Frater 2011

  • "Swing Time's" furious dance-drama in the nightclub encapsulates Rogers's yin and yang, the vulnerability and the firewall will.

    Ginger Rogers at 100: Even with Astaire, always taking the lead Sarah Kaufman 2011

  • Kathakali is an elaborate classical dance-drama that combines literature, music, painting, acting and dance and depicts stories from Hindu mythology.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • A dance-drama interlude follows, before the final and most interesting scene of the evening when it becomes clear that the faithful Tadanobu is not human, but a fox.

    Kabuki 2010

  • Kabuki is defined as a highly stylized form of classical Japanese dance-drama in which actors often wear elaborate makeup and engage in precisely dictated movements, a useful metaphor for the current American political process which can't seem to break out of old patterns even as the nation hurtles from crisis to crisis.

    Printing: America's Political/Media Kabuki 2009

  • Kabuki is defined as a highly stylized form of classical Japanese dance-drama in which actors often wear elaborate makeup and engage in precisely dictated movements, a useful metaphor for the current American political process which can't seem to break out of old patterns even as the nation hurtles from crisis to crisis.

    America's Political/Media Kabuki 2009

  • The result: ‘Mythologies Retold’ — a 60-minute dance-drama conceptualised, produced and designed by Sandhya and featuring Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

  • Ballet shows upmost prominently in "Dance Centerstage," where the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg the hour with Japan's gorgeous and meticulous dance-drama, Kabuki.

    Makes Me Feel Like Watching Tv 2008

  • The second day saw children displaying their creative ingenuity in art, dance-drama, craft etc.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2006

  • The second day saw children displaying their creative ingenuity in art, dance-drama, craft etc.

    CORA AT 15 AS PUBLISHED IN THE SUN Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2006

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