Mixing dialogue in at least two languages, high-toned ruminations on hefty ideas and offhand comedy, sweeping passages of dance and a sprinkling of tinkling music — oh, and plenty of exposed flesh — the show is a freaky phantasmagoria that exuberantly defies narrative coherence and focused point.
The fees demonstrations before Christmas captured the imagination of a generation partly because we defied the narrative and expectations of mass demonstrations.
Burma's opening has so far defied the narrative logic we've come to associate with political transformation: there is, as yet, no crowd picking through a ruined palace, no dictator in the dock.
The most noticeable aspect of all these films was that, although they defied the narrative and commercial traditions of Hollywood, they embraced the American cinema of the past, especially of the 1950s.
There is nothing more worrisome to Isis than cooperation between "the west" and the Muslim world, for it defies the narrative of a clash of civilisations the group is trying to revive.
The novel defies traditional narrative style by inserting numerous episodes that contribute little or nothing to the plot as the characters in these episodes often appear inconsistently.
Salle is known for mixing modes of representation and appropriated ready-made motifs in a single canvas, suggesting but defying any legible narrative.
The challenge here was the same as on Jivamukti's dance floor, to become immersed in sound that defied time and narrative structure by going deep within.
"His wide-ranging experiences — including his early promise as a sculptor, his service in London during the Blitz, his four marriages, six children, residences in New York, London, Rome, Aspen, Santa Fe, San Antonio, and Guanajuato Mexico," as well as his many books, collaborations, and relationships, "defied an orderly narrative," they write.
