They even seemed to like the contemporary offerings of the dancers, though most of the professional dance observers found them, with a few exceptions (like Mr. Courtot's performance of his own choreography of "The Rite of Spring") poorly chosen at best, ponderous and pretentious at worst.
Its impeccable serious-mindedness is nothing to scoff at; what some saw as ponderous now seems merely prescient.
It's the Beastie Boys shrieking "Sabotage!" Bacon pops up at dessert, atop ponderous doughnuts ($6), and on cocktails.
Players like Edgerson and James keep the world from totally cringing at the ponderous phrase "student-athlete," which is blathered at us during the annual jaunt called March Madness.
Mr. Martins's ballet, set to the title score by John Adams, was every bit as ponderous as it was at its November premiere.
In Perth, Australia were at times ponderous in possession, careless in execution and lacking venom during key moments in attack.
The actors are lined up as in a tableaux while their final words are declaimed at a ponderous crawl just when we'd prefer they gallop to the finish.
Economists urge Germany, the continent's undisputed leader, to take bold steps to fix the situation – writing down more Greek debt, agreeing with Eurozone partners to jointly issued government bonds, signing up to radical banking reforms – but Merkel has clung to an incremental, at times ponderous, approach.
It's slow, almost ponderous at times, all the better to appreciate its serisouly stylish cinematography.
