(Anderson) The Script (Thursday) Danny O'Donoghue, the lead singer of these sweeping soft rockers, treads a curious path in his balladry: he's frankly emotive, with the buttery inflections and dreamily romantic postures of a former teen idol.
In 2010, the Times ran an illicit iPhone photo of "The Kiss," in which a couple lay entwined on the floor of the Guggenheim, reënacting romantic postures from the works of such artists as Rodin and Koons.
Like Cirque, "Cavalia" is big on the atmospherics, including a heavy-breathing score by Michel Cusson, a sweeping theme celebrating the human-equine bond, and romantic posturing by its heavily made up and flowingly costumed cast of acrobats, aerialists and riders.
The dud – which raised gales of boos at the press screening – was Frontier of Dawn by the French veteran Philippe Garrel, a farrago of love, death and romantic posturing, which ought to win the director's son, heartthrob Louis Garrel, some sort of special award for Best Sulking, or perhaps Stormiest Brow.
The seductive power of flowers puts you in a romantic posture, making you more receptive to the advances of your suitor.
It's not quite the universe-altering surprise Tom Waits fans experienced when Small Change's opening track "Tom Traubert's Blues" re-introduced us to our overly-gin-soaked street hero, but Nichols' aggressiveness and energy immediately grabs you by your ears then pounds you with tough guy postures and romantic anti-heroism that gets you four credits in Springsteenology 101.
Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk, research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, led a two-part study on how posture affects romantic interest online and in person.
Mr. Lewis, who can easily sound heroic, held back, the better to embody the Gershwin leading man as a confident, cheerful partner in a romantic adventure devoid of macho posturing.
Second, Reaganism, which is to say a distrust of government and an abiding faith in personal initiative, romantic patriotism and an aggressive posture abroad, constituted a call to purity for a party that had drifted to the center.
People who extended their torsos, pushed out their legs and spread their arms wide were rewarded with more romantic interest than others, probably because the postures implied openness and dominance, the researchers claim.
Yet despite Atget's workmanlike habits and unassuming posture, he can seem a romantic figure.
