16″ × 16″ walnut chessboard with walnut and sterling silver chess pieces, presented in a wooden presentation box.
Gift: 2 petrified wood pieces; presented in straw-colored, heart-shaped containers; 2 wooden stands included.
Two of the pieces presented in Duke's Page Auditorium were new.
Pieces presented in Berkeley Dance Project are choreographed by a faculty member or professional guest artist.
James Kemp directs a quartet of short pieces, presented in repertory in two double bills, the first of which proves as stylish as it is unsubstantial.
While Nicole styled and dried, May ate romaine with grilled chicken cut into easily managed pieces, presented in a basket she could rest on her lap.
THE approximately 70 pieces presented in "Exotic Encounters: Art, Travel and Modernity in the Collection of the Bruce Museum" may seem an incongruous lot.
It's rare that a modern-dance concert hits all the right notes: a good length (leaving you wanting more but still feeling that you've got your money's worth); well-crafted pieces presented in a sensible order; alert, engaging performers with great technical skill; dances that show humor and drama in equal measure; and accessibility.
The first piece presented in The Harmonic Archive addresses the experience of overhearing music from some nearby person's headphones.
Pressed for details, Mr. Cattelan would say only that the show is titled "Kaputt" and that it will focus on a single old piece, "presented in a new way".
In 1992, Pola Nirenska, then 81 years old, jumped to her death from the balcony of their apartment in Bethesda, Md. Her last dance piece, presented in Washington in 1990, was inspired by Holocaust victims she had known and was called "In Memory of Those I Loved... Who Are No More".
