Mr. Hodges took it as it came, and if his wired, high-tension performance addressed the music's passions — the work is essentially a love letter to Schumann's future wife, Clara Wieck — he did nothing to illuminate the method in this composer's madness.
Still, he's in no shape to get on a stage and nightly play out a role whose physical and emotional strains are evident, even in rehearsal, in the robust, high-tension performance of John Glover--who is considerably younger than the 51-year-old Chaikin, whose surrogate role he portrays.
In this study, the effect of mutual location of axial fibre bundles and stitch phase difference on tension-tension fatigue performance of quasi-UD laminates reinforced by glass-fibres was experimentally investigated.
Yet Mr. Gergiev remains a compelling musician who, through instinct, determination and charisma, elicits high-tension performances from the Met orchestra.
Managing the tension between performance and people is at the heart of the CEO's job.
Managing the tension between performance and people is at the heart of every leader's job.
Some CEOs, however, do manage to resolve the tension between performance and people without sacrificing either.
Although this pressure is often the by-product of high-level sports, after some time, it is not always healthy to have that tension surrounding performance every time you step on the field.
The tension between performance and landscape can be a rich one, as Wildworks has often demonstrated in shows such as Souterrain, a version of Orpheus and Eurydice played out in villages around England and France.
With a focus on inter-firm relationships involving the simultaneous pursuit of competition and cooperation, we develop a conceptual framework that explicates key paradoxical conditions, paradoxical tension, and performance implications of tension in such relationships.
