Sentence examples for modern works set from inspiring English sources

So not surprisingly, the festival expanded its offerings to include plays by contemporaries of Shaw and, later, modern works set during Shaw's time.

Angelin Preljocaj's Le Parc, created for the company in 1994, is one of their modern dance works, set in a time-warp.

Ms. Garant's modern-dance program features works set to music by Georges Aperghis and Michael Matthews.

"The Ravel Project," four works set to familiar Ravel scores by the modern-dance choreographer Pascal Rioult, makes one of the most original programs of the dance season.

The New Yorker, August 8 , 1925P. 1 Christie's sale of Sargent's works sets record figure for modern painter.

Moreover, the demonstrations the NAACP organized in the 1920s based on White's work set the stage for the modern Civil Rights movement.

Also included on the program are two canonical modern works: Milton Babbitt's "All Set" and Pierre Boulez's "Sur Incises".

Throughout the evening, the taste for the more modern works was evident, with especially strong prices set for late Picassos.

Those boxed sets are crammed with intriguing rarities and modern works, assets generally absent from the orchestra's touring programs.

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The work sets Dutilleux apart from his contemporaries and will resonate with San Francisco audiences who are up-to-speed with modern composers thanks to Michael Tilson Thomas.