Sentence examples for controversial performance from inspiring English sources

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

The University of Brighton has decided the controversial performance of "Diana, the Musical" should be open to invited guests only.

The new single, which also features rapper Lil Twist, emerged online on Wednesday – three days after Cyrus's controversial performance at the MTV Video Music awards.

Kanye West's controversial performance at the Brit awards – which was heavily censored by ITV – will not be investigated by the media regulator despite more than 150 complaints.

It's all about the twerk this week – the old-fashioned dance move has wiggled into the limelight after Miley Cyrus's controversial performance at the MTV awards.

The achievement will anger many climate change campaigners, but will boost annual pay for Shell's chief executive, Ben van Beurden, under the group's controversial performance bonus arrangements.

Her controversial performance came after a storm unleashed hailstones led to s safety shutdown on the Pyramid stage, delaying her set by 45 minutes.

His most famous and oft-stated dictum was: 'Everyone an artist', to which the equally controversial performance artist Gustav Metzger once retorted: 'Every man is an artist; what Himmler too?' Beuys's response went unrecorded.

She was asked to host in spite of her controversial performance at the 2013 awards where she twerked with Robin Thicke on stage and was accused of cultural appropriation.

His daughter hit headlines throughout 2013 for a string of controversial performances.

Moreover, the police have shown unequivocally that they are prepared to guarantee the safety of the theatregoers at controversial performances.