We wanted a dramatic arc to the music.
Just what qualifies a substantial evening of vocal music, run together in a sequence that more or less defines a dramatic arc, to be designated as an opera?
"There has to be a sense of good and evil, a dramatic arc to it that makes some intuitive sense, so it can't be terribly complex".
"The idea was to take one step beyond a conventional cabaret evening by the piano, still very intimate but maybe adding a dramatic arc to it".
With a stand-alone novel, you can take a character on a dramatic arc where his or her world is turned upside down.
"What we learned from the 'Some Kind of Monster' experience is if you have a dramatic arc in your film, it puts a whole different spin on it," Ulrich said.
We help our cohort understand that, when speaking to a listener's System 1, one must deliver a narrative, a coherent story that follows a dramatic arc.
She radiates authority and delivers a set with almost a dramatic arc.
For all its playfulness and invention, however, the adaptation struggles to find a dramatic arc.
With broad strokes and flamboyant gestures Ms. Sukowa ably conveyed a dramatic arc.
