"People need to realize that the regatta has a marvelous history and tradition, and that it's a big, prestigious race nationally," Parsekian said.
An instant classic last spring, "Concerto," named for its tumbling Shostakovich score, looks just as marvelous now: steeped in Soviet ballet traditions and evoking styles as richly diverse as Jerome Robbins and Busby Berkeley, yet utterly contemporary and utterly itself.
As they dance, the Feijóo sisters reveal Caniparoli's marvelous flair for blending classical footing with the steamier side of local tradition.
Yardstick didn't mean best, but it did affirm the marvelous lucidity and moderation of Royal Ballet standards of line, musicality, footwork, theatricality and academic tradition.
Some of these pieces lean more toward European music, and some, like "Marvelous Fantasy (Roughenstein)" and "The Lovers," more toward Ellington and vaguely toward the stride-piano tradition.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Curious Things, mNatural and Artificial A collection of the "rare, strange and marvelous" on view at the Rotunda Gallery is titled "Wunderkammer: Wonderworks," based on the 17th-century tradition of the Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosity.
The traditions on the list are not judged on whether they are especially beautiful, let alone marvelous.
Mr. Abraham moves with marvelous fluidity (he does not perform in this work), and his silky phrases draw from a variety of traditions, including release technique, hip-hop and ballet.
