Sentence examples for making a performance of from inspiring English sources

Making a performance of Mendelssohn's familiar "Italian" Symphony stand out is not easy, but Mr. Nézet-Séguin did it.

Twenty-five yeago ago, a lot of creative downtown types looking for alternative credentials and low overhead costs became performance artists, setting up shop in cheap lofts in all-but-deserted neighborhoods (making a performance of one's own sleep deprivation — also low-cost).

By taking it one step too far, by making a performance out of leadership, Gaddafi ruptured the illusion of disinterestedness – the distance between the self and the position – that leadership requires.

That was the sort of thing she did not like to make a performance of".

It's hard to make a performance of the "New World" Symphony stand out, but Mr. Eschenbach tried.

Nor did he ever see it given anywhere in its entirety, which according to some calculations, would have made a performance of about 7 hours.

There are white footprints stuck on the floor of the performance space, but this two-hander examining who is and who is not allowed to dance – to make performance and make a performance of themselves – has Howells' delicate fingerprints all over it.

"They make a performance of it; like, a lot of pausing between one shoe and the next," another friend suggested.

Shortly before his death, Jordan made a performance of the final book in a two and a half hour session to his wife and cousin, Wilson W. Grooms, Jr. Grooms stated in a later blog post "he became the Gleeman and told the bones of it ALL to Harriet and me!" The book was not completed at the time of Jordan's death on September 16, 2007.

Handel, in the end, was a showman, knowing exactly when to make a performance out of reticence, how to touch an audience's heart with failure and incompleteness.

Her parents were out of town at the time - she chose her moment well - so, with typical drama, she made a performance out of it.