Sentence examples for classical precepts from inspiring English sources
It required a general knowledge of the Classics and history and the ability to relate Classical precepts and historical precedents to general philosophical or specific political issues.
But there is much to admire in Mr. Scarlett's willingness to move away from the elements — classical precepts, the big pas de deux, music as a driving, expressive force — that he has been praised for doing well.
In the early 1970s she took over the running of ballet at the opera house in the town of Wuppertal, near Düsseldorf.With a company of adventurous, like-minded dancers, she was soon ditching classical precepts—steps, straight storytelling and creating shows that drew on, among other things, her performers' childhood memories, dreams and subjective experiences.
These definitions are based on classical precepts but are by no means textbook.
Another pupil, Edgar Bainton, recalled: To Stanford's regret, many of his pupils who achieved eminence as composers broke away from his classical, Brahmsian precepts, as he had himself rebelled against Reinecke's conservatism.
The villa owners had access to the precepts of classical farming manuals and also to the improved equipment made available by Roman technology.
The Communist Party, heavily pragmatic, is unlikely to adopt the moral precepts at the heart of classical Chinese philosophy.
During the Classical period composers hewed to certain common precepts and rules; the fledgling Beethoven, however bold, initially adhered to a Haydn-inspired model.
Each of these precepts is representative of a classical interpretation of intentions in which cognitive states constantly "evolve" into hierarchical forms based on the demands of the environment.
In "The Second Detail" Mr. Forsythe offers a rigorous and playful exploration of ballet's precepts: verticality, equilibrium, effort, control and classical line.
