But it's not just Marty who's taken advantage of those top chords and raw vocals to seduce and shock, then propel along the action in groovily kinetic style.
In a later dance, "Jugalbandi," in which Mosalikanti choreography is adapted by Kalanidhi, Ms. Nehru is the melodic soloist whose pouncing footwork is echoed by a choral quartet, their feet planted on wide bowls, which they propel along the floor, in unison and in formation.
The resulting opera is a powerful and enigmatic work, a subtle philosophical comedy propelled along by a score which sweeps gracefully from bloated bombast to wrenching introspection: "A stirring creation, full of charm and wit, and in the end, beauty," wrote John Rockwell in the New York Times.
Arabian Heights is cocksure and sardonic, propelled along by slide guitar, scuzz and drums both ferocious and syncopated; lead single Demon in Profile is horn-driven and moody but danceable, too – with some trademark snark – and Birdland is infused with jazz sensibility.
You can stay on the predicable research path if you choose to, but even that might not work, especially if the field moves on without you, propelled along by someone else's successful gamble.
"It might sound a bit crazy to begin with, oh yeah, I'm going to be propelled along by electric jet engines," Barrow said.
The system functioned by erecting a large waterproof canvas screen around the tank above its tracks, which was supported by thirty-six inflatubes tubes and steel struts; this gave the tank sufficient buoyancy to float, and was then propelled along by a small propeller powered by the tank's engine.
The story propels along naturalistically, no small feat given the fantastic world we are entering.
Grenouille's episodic, unsavory adventures are propelled along by John Hurt's arch, third-person narration.
Fierce choruses and taut, effervescent verses are propelled along by a trebly maelstrom of guitars, bass and pummelling drums.
They are propelled along marble floorways by rubber soles, rather than roller skates, as the persistent myth has it.
