"Cotton Club Parade," whose minimal spoken text is adapted from Langston Hughes, is, finally, not about star turns, although one number, "Tap Mathematician," a dance solo choreographed and executed by Jared Grimes, brought down the house.
With minimal spoken text, this 90-minute show recreates many of the big-band swing and blues numbers of the Cotton Club during the 1920s and '30s, with the score including works by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields ("I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Harold Arlenen ("Stormy Weather," "I've Got the World on a String") and Ellington ("Rockin' in Rhythm," "Cotton Club Stomp").
There is minimal spoken-word sampling in the song, and a guest appearance by the ethereal British folk duo the Smoke Fairies.
This is one ad from a series of ads that ran in the US starring beautiful women wearing minimal clothing speaking foreign languages.
Mr. Wilford shrugged off such losses as minimal and spoke glowingly of his company's prospects.
The two Vikings, speaking minimal, sometimes amusingly translated and idiomatic dialogue in Old Norse ("We're toast if we stay here"), construct a shelter, build a fire, trudge through the woods, occasionally bicker and trudge some more.
Once you're functioning with minimal anxiety in speaking situations, there's no need to panic when your stutter briefly becomes more severe.
Paperwork is minimal (relatively speaking).
The role came with minimal public speaking duties, and the speeches I did deliver tended to be quantitative recitations of facts, numbers and recommendations that would help public officials adjust to their new lives overseas.
This was important because it allowed the researchers to interview individuals with no or minimal English speaking skills.
