The visuals establish the theme.
Onstage, it established the theme of the night: Who was the puppet, and who the puppeteer?
This exercise, a rather literal-minded meditation on disappearance, established the theme that would sustain her art.
The very first outfit, a dress with an Elizabethan portrait worked into the guipure lace, established the theme.
The table itself, and many of the things that go on it, establish the theme of this group show by 36 members of the Long Island Craft Guild.
Carter has been trying to establish the theme that it matters whether he or Reagan gets elected because it is "a choice between two futures".
In Japan, Sanrio established the theme parks Puroland (1990; in Tokyo) and Harmonyland (1991; in Ōita), both of which feature its licensed characters, most prominent among them Hello Kitty.
A painting, by Robin F. Williams, of a pineapple, a paint can, and a rope, makes unmistakable allusions to glowing screens and establishes the theme of this seven-person show: that the still-life genre remains fresh in the digital age.
As a group that helps to depict the sunrise in "La Mer" by Debussy and to establish the theme of the Offertorio section of Verdi's Requiem, they are an integral part of the top-flight 106-member ensemble known as the New York Phil.
One of the most promising and imaginative of a new generation of ballet choreographers, Mr. Garland establishes the theme at the start with a solo for Camille Parson, set to Mr. Brown's "Mother Popcorn," in which Ms. Parson manages to shimmy, even though her body is in a naturally pulled-up ballet position.
