emily stern February 9, 2014 DANC 2303 Short Critique #1 NobleMotion Dance is a Houston based preforming arts organization that was founded in 2009. Andy Noble is a Co-Artistic Director at NobleMotion and the chorographer of the piece Barrier. Set to Astor Piazzolla’s sultry tango music, the dance takes the audience to the intimate world of illicit romance. Dancers Melissa Needler and Jesus Acosta, walk, push and dance up against the wall in their partnership and lifts. Noble uses the wall and the male dancer’s wedding ring to symbolize the barrier between the lovers which is his marriage.
The Journey Once there was a fireman named Gregory, he was what we call nowadays just an ordinary guy. One day he was walking down the street to head on home for the night and he just about bumped into a girl 17 years of age named Brooke Lynn. They got deep into their conversation, and then just before Brooke Lynn had to leave she just randomly asked Stripe, “Are you happy”, and then happily went into her house. He was very confused because no one ever had asked him that question before. His wife Maggie was wondering why he came home with a weird look on his face, and he told her the story about how he met Brooke Lynn.
Yet these truths are no solace against the kind of alienation that comes of being ever the suspect, a fearsome entity with whom pedestrians avoid making eye contact. It is not altogether clear to me how I reached the ripe old age of twenty-two without being conscious of the lethality nighttime pedestrians attributed to me. Perhaps it was because in Chester, Pennsylvania, the small, angry industrial town where I came of age in the 1960’s, I was scarcely noticeable against the backdrop of gang warfare, street knifings, and murders. I grew up one of the good boys, had perhaps a half-dozen fist fights. In retrospect, my shyness of combat has clear sources.
"It was very icy under my car. That's why my car is still there." Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut closed roads to all but essential traffic. Some of the worst of the storm appeared to hit Connecticut, where even emergency responders found themselves stuck on highways all night. In the shoreline community of Fairfield, police and firefighters could not come in to work, so the overnight shift was staying on duty, said First Selectman Michael Tetreau.
This dangerous decision would not be the only one we made that day. This near suicide idea came to us on a quiet, weekend while Alex, my brother and Joey’s best friend, was at work. The three of us were a close trio, always hanging out and riding together. On that day though, Joey and I had been left with nothing to do during the afternoon. We rode on our casual routes throughout our neighborhood and the surrounding ones, eventually coming to a rest at our neighborhood pool.
As Lennie gathered his wits George was walking to the child. George said “hey kid what happenin'?” the boy said “Mister the town party is happening this night, you should come you could meet a nice gir- just as Lennie walked back over he ripped the paper from the kids hands, but the boy held his grip and the paper ripped. The boy said “hey since this giant basterd ripped it your paying for it now” the boy then started to punch Lennie in
We sensed that we were gathered around that familial table for the last time. I spent that night going over memories and ideas and was unable to fall asleep. Says: The Jews are being expelled. Elie goes over what happened the night before. His family eats the usual dinner for the night before the Sabbath, but at the end Elie says that he could not get to sleep that night.
It disappeared. That night, except for Sermet Bey, nobody could sleep. Since then, they saw the spirit every night. Whenever Sermet Bey went outside to touch it, the spirit was disappearing. The household was accustomed to the situation in time.
The minimal elements help to create a minimal main character. The main character does not do much with his life other than drink, smoke weed, and eat, “Every night I smoked dope and stayed up as long as I could before I fell asleep. My wife and I hardly ever went to bed at the same time”(222) he is only existing living a lonely minimal life. The main character only has feelings that are skin deep. His wife is much more complex character, and the main character is jealous that his wife can develop relationships with people.
I for instance when I was twenty-two years of age I visited a bar in Ocala, FL; the waitress refused to wait on me and my guest and told us we would have to wait until the owner came in at 5:30pm; it was 12:30pm. I never forgot that incidence because it let me know bills and laws does not make one accept individuals; but its absolute change in the heart of the person. The making of the black panthers, the crips & the bloods & other degrading groups in America has been a way of life for too many young black men. It has not all been the best avenue are vehicle to take; however; as long as America keep putting themselves and their net worth above the heritage of a race of people, blacks will continue to be lost and having no family cohesion. However, it is up to the ones that have been educated and understand that we as a nation of people will only learn that we are our brothers