Artistic Brazen Crystal Dour Exuberant

Artistic Brazen Crystal Dour Exuberant F Fleeting G Gregarious H Homophonic Iconic J Joyous K Kinesthetic L Lonely M Multidimensional Non-traditional O Overt P Pensive Quixotic R Rapt Sensual Thrilling Undulating Vivacious W Wafting Xenium (means a present given to a guest or something given to a stranger) Y Yearning Z Zonal This dance was complex in tone yet simple in timbre.

By that, I mean that the music was rather simple in terms of timbre and technique, but the movements were complex, ranging from the vivaciousness of the characters moving from stage left to right and in between, thrilling and undulating and almost becoming part of the stage floor. Glass' score was, of course, non-traditional, yet the entire effect was brazen and artistic. Emotionally, I was torn between the fleeting loneliness of the soloists and the wafting energy they expressed with their torsos.

Overall, the piece left me with a sense of yearning for something more -- whether that be something joyous, or sorrowful, the characters seemed to be pensively longing for something. Part 3 -- Millepied's approach to this solo was, as noted, a movement between longing and vivaciousness.

Of course, this is not classical ballet in the sense of Nijinsky or the Kirov school; but more earthy, more in touch with the core of human emotion and far less literal in it approach to what dance has to offer humanity than classical storylines. Certainly, the grand ballets, Copellia, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, etc. have something to offer every generation of audience. Yet Millepied's approach takes a look at the way the body.