When I had done all of these things, I sat down with a few other people in the small viewing room where a video was constantly running of "Still/Here," a magnificent dance-poem of dedication to life, illness and mortality, created and choreographed by the incomparable Bill T.
In the latter, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the magnificent Dancing Brave came from nearly last place with an electrifying burst of acceleration down the centre of the track, sweeping imperiously past the five Group 1 winners who had been fighting it out, as if they were standing still.
Film gives us a trace of dance's magnificent physicality, just as dance brings something essentially theatrical to cinema.
Dante prides itself on its "magnificent ballrooms" and "spacious dance floors" — all in a decidedly romantic setting, with verdant frescoes painted on the walls, ceiling-to-floor mirrors and statues of what appear to be Greek gods staring down invitingly at guests.
(In Judson's magnificent space, the history of dance in the past fifty-plus years — the experimentation, the improvisation — resounds. There's nothing like it).
(In Judson's magnificent space, the history of dance in the past fifty-plus years the experimentation, the improvisation resounds. There's nothing like it).
In the early eighties, when he presented his record company with "Various Positions" — a magnificent album that included "Hallelujah," "Dance Me to the End of Love," and "If It Be Your Will" — Walter Yetnikoff, the head of CBS Records, argued with him about the mix.
Yet there's a magnificent moment, when Anastasia and Christian dance at a party among other dancers, and suddenly, their story becomes everyone's.
The set ended with a "Wedding Dance" that included a magnificent screaming match between Mr. Krakauer's clarinet and Mr. Stewart's electric guitar.
