Sentence examples for a controversial performance from inspiring English sources

In 1964, after a triumphant tour of the Soviet Union and ecstatically received concerts in Europe and North America — and in the wake of a controversial performance of Brahms's First Piano Concerto with Leonard Bernstein at Carnegie Hall two years earlier — Gould stopped performing in public.

Former employees, including Julia Cheiffetz, alleged that Amazon's return to work programs led to irreversible loss of authority and placement on a controversial performance improvement plan.

Veiwers expected a controversial performance and they got it.

Fiorina wasn't exactly a shining star in the corporate world, and her departure from corporate America was hastened by a controversial performance as head of HP.

In August 2013, she became the subject of widespread media attention and public scrutiny following a controversial performance and duet with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in New York City.

In August 2013, Cyrus became the subject of widespread media attention and public scrutiny following a controversial performance and duet with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in New York City.

So, in case you have been in a coma lately, you should know that Miley Cyrus twerked her way through a pretty controversial performance at the VMAs.

By Pete L'Official January 6, 2017 For Ronald Reagan's first inaugural, Ben Vereen staged an immediately controversial performance in blackface.

In the 1967 British Home Championship, Baxter produced a dominating but controversial performance for Scotland, tantalising England, who had won the World Cup in 1966, by playing "keepie uppie" (ball juggling) while waiting for team-mates to get into good positions.

Three members of Pussy Riot are awaiting a verdict on their highly controversial performance of a protest song against Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral - Christ the Saviour - in March.

Despite the smashing victory that followed, Longstreet's performance at the battle was criticized by postbellum advocates of the Lost Cause, claiming that his slowness, reluctance to attack, and disobedience to Gen. Lee were a harbinger of his controversial performance to come on July 2 , 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg.