On a test drive from downtown Los Angeles to the Griffith Observatory in the low mountains to the north, the i3 proved an agile performer, with quick acceleration and lightning-fast steering.
And it is true that Ms. Cotillard is a dynamic, quick-witted performer, one whose sheer force of will goes some way toward showing how a funny-looking, abrasive street urchin could become the idol of postwar France.
Quick-tongued performers like Eddie Izzard, Daniel Kitson and Russell Brand wear their erudition on their sleeves.
Gainsford was a classic performer: quick and powerful but highly skilled too.
In his '30s pictures Wellman worked best with actors who could give him the brisk tempo he needed: quick, agile physical performers like Stanwyck, James Cagney (in "The Public Enemy"), Frankie Darro (in "Wild Boys") and Carole Lombard (in "Nothing Sacred").
Entire worlds open up for the viewer in simple movements like a slow turning of a carefully held hand or a quick backward glance, the performer's chin ducking below her shoulder as she widens her eyes with enigmatic emotion.
Often the dance connects the music, the audience and the performer in quick series, but there were also glorious moments on Thursday when Ms. Khanam suddenly turned face, arms and hands to the sky as if to acknowledge and to receive.
It works best as a quick-cutting performance film with a rapid, flexible style that mirrors the performers' strutting on runways and dance floors.
Performers make quick cash between other concerts.
Several stories detail onstage mishaps in which quick thinking by the performers saved — or didn't save — the day.
