Sentence examples for earnest dance from inspiring English sources
The show's able director, Leigh Silverman, doesn't ignore Ensler's self-evident message — that war destroys us in ways that we cannot name and may never be able to communicate — but neither does she let it stand in the way of the characters, who interest her, and occasionally us, with their morbid, earnest dance of death.
With its earnest dance numbers (it's also up for a best choreography award) and prowling sexuality, "Yeah" comes off looking like a somewhat naïve -- but still arresting -- throwback to the 1980's MTV heyday of Michael Jackson, especially in this irony-heavy company.
Part of its original humor was always to do with its apparent satire of the more earnest modern-dance scene of 53 years ago.
This lethal two-liner was self-evidently intended to enrage those painfully earnest modern-dance buffs who believe that art is valuable only to the extent that it makes the world a cleaner, better-lighted place.
These days the story ballet has become the Charlie Brown of the dance world: earnest and clumsy, eager to rise to the occasion, yet repeatedly defeated by ineptitude.
So it wasn't until Messias turned 17, and started paying for his own lessons, that he began to dance in earnest.
One song after another from "I Never Loved a Man" was played loudly, again and again, and all these beautiful teenagers, their lives about to get going in earnest, were doing intricate dance routines to the music.
The woman had a fixed and toothy Rockettes smile, and when she swept by she caught my eye and called out, "Piece of cake!" I gave Dulce my word that I would syncopate respectfully, and I began to dance in earnest.
There's no doubting the hooky allure of tunes like "TiK ToK" and "Take It Off", but over 16 tracks, sameyness intrudes, while earnest ballads "Hungover" and "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" betray the conventional soul lurking beneath the controversy-baiting trappings.
Such a confessional approach — overcoming obstacles in order to live out the dream of dance — defines the earnest message of "Groovaloo".
SAEKO ICHINOHE DANCE COMPANY The earnest and venerable New York-based troupe honors what many scholars consider the thousandth anniversary of Lady Murasaki's classic novel "The Tale of Genji".
