A duet called "Kids," which Williams recorded in 2000 with Kylie Minogue — an Australian singer who has also had trouble gaining traction in America — sums up the dark British sophistication that amounts to self-imposed quarantine.
A duet called "Kids," which Williams recorded in 2000 with Kylie Minogue an Australian singer who has also had trouble gaining traction in America sums up the dark British sophistication that amounts to self-imposed quarantine.
For all its sophistication, "The Dark Mirror" asks much more from its performers than does a straight-up "Winterreise," but it asks much less from the audience.
Sapphire Black*: A colour that adds the mysterious power of dark stones to the refined, deep sophistication of the colour black, Sapphire Black is inspired by the stones used by the ancient people of India and Persia for protection, with the belief they strengthened one's willpower.
And, on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim was taking musical theatre into an altogether darker, sharper more knowing kind of sophistication with such shows as Company, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd.
Goblet of Fire stands as one of the best reviewed instalments within the series, and is noted for the maturity and sophistication of its characters, darker and more complex plotline, writing and performances of the lead actors.
Juxtaposing the museum and the perceived affluence and elegance therein against the apparently unsophisticated imagery of a toilet works distinctly to hold this "corporate culture" accountable for the "darker underbelly" looming beneath the seeming "sophistication" of the free market.
The strictness of the lines, the polished sophistication of mid-calf dresses in dark green and rose, also added to the sexual tension.
For the last two years Ron Morelli has been releasing a barrage of hand-stamped 12" electronic singles that run the gamut from the minimal house sophistication of Marcos Cabral, to the industrial-tinged dark techno of Vapauteen.
The room had been set up to resemble a dance studio — one wall had a floor-to-ceiling mirror and a ballet barre — and it was full of products that aimed for sophistication: single-hued, thin-soled sneakers in eggplant or dark blue; leggings with batik stripes or muted animal prints.
