"Juba," created for the Ailey company, builds from ritual stomping into frenzy, while "Overture" clothes its frenzy in teal gowns and Bach.
While Overture (acquired by Yahoo! in 2003) pioneered the model of auctioning off search terms, Google put together an end-to-end model that made it simple and effective for companies of any size to advertise online, creating a juggernaut.
The notion of coaching at Alcorn "has been dancing in the brain for a while" following overtures dating more than a decade ago from alumni.
While the overture from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," which opened the concert, felt jittery and brash, as if the players' nerves were still settling, the orchestra members were coolly controlled and responsive in the Bartok, with an especially shining and assured performance from the brasses.
While the overture appears to have gained little traction -- Google indicated that it preferred the initial offering route, the executives said -- it demonstrates the enormous importance that Google represents as both a competitive threat to Microsoft and as Silicon Valley's latest hope for a new financial boom.
While the Overture is playing, the Curtain rises, and discovers a new Frontispiece, joyn'd to the great Pylasters, on each side of the Stage... Behind this is the Scene, which represents a thick Cloudy Sky, a very Rocky Coast, and a Tempestuous Sea in perpetual Agitation.
While "1812 Overture" is a great song to use for this, many other songs can replace it.
Philadelphia/Brooklyn indie-rock combo Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has become an indie-rock success on the basis of two self-released albums while rebuffing overtures from major labels.
While small overtures have been made of late, the Asian Republican Coalition (ARC) is the new group unveiled this past month that hopes to permanently reverse the Democratic trend among Asian voters.
While the opera overture settled into a form that eventually inspired early symphonists, the term sinfonia, or symphony, as yet had no formal definition.
While Google and Overture have the Web traffic, they may lack the ability to attract small business owners, Mr. Polachek said, because they require most advertisers to create their own search ads and monitor their placement.
