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Bizarre and comical, Chris Elam's Misnomer misnomer n. the wrong name.


MISNOMER. The act of using a wrong name.
     2. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions.
     3.-1.
 Dance Theater The German Tanztheater ("dance theatre") grew out of German expressionist dance. Its most influential performers are Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke.  blurs the line between humans behaving weirdly and animals at play. "Throw People," a two-part concert that premiered in May at P.S. 122, will run August 18-27 at The Brooklyn Lyceum Lyceum, gymnasium near ancient Athens
Lyceum (līsē`əm), gymnasium near ancient Athens. There Aristotle taught; hence the extension of the term lyceum to Aristotle's school of philosophers, the Peripatetics.
. There is plenty of throwing, along with climbing, contorting, balancing, and twisting-all on the surfaces of their bodies. Dancers with elastic limbs lurk in releve and slap at each other's elongated e·lon·gate  
tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates
To make or grow longer.

adj. or elongated
1. Made longer; extended.

2. Having more length than width; slender.
 bodies. Elam choreographs from his background of traditional Balinese as well as modern dance, and his six-member Misnomer Dance Theater has performed in places such as Indonesia and Turkey. This June extended their travels to virtual space, when Apple Computers launched a documentary featuring the company on their homepage, www.apple.com. See www.misnomer.org.
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Title Annotation:Chris Elam's Misnomer Dance Theater
Author:Macel, Emily
Publication:Dance Magazine
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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