Sometimes his choreographic manoeuvres look clunky - when the opening duet attempts to soar to the near Wagnerian summits of Duparc's music, it gets stuck on tricksy details.
Invited to a pool party by the posh, pretty Chloe and her cool mates, she gets stuck on a slide and, as if that wasn't mortifying enough, reveals the self-harm scars on her legs to the gang she's hoping to impress.
Rather than rehearse our plans for the day, idle thoughts, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song.
Or when a business gets stuck on a problem, it can crowdsource solutions to questions across oceans and languages, employees and partners.
You realize that every business has problems and challenges, and I say this constantly to my team: If you're a business leader that gets stuck on a problem, you will never move forward.
Similarly, when Tyler gets stuck on one of his favorite games on the Wii, he searches YouTube for tips on how to move forward.
What often happens both in the hill-climbing MAP and in the MCMC case, is that the algorithm gets stuck on one particular sub-optimal tree, and by optimizing rate and time parameters for that tree we make a move to another tree unlikely.
Turn the dial to three numbers after the one it gets stuck on.
"Sometimes one of us gets stuck on a word and comes charging in the other person's room," Mr. Block said.
At one point, it gets stuck on repeat for days and, though the stubborn refusal to adhere to conventional, satisfying rhythms can be frustrating, the resulting unpredictability is thrilling and fitting.
