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Hooded and sheathed in black, the 50 participants in Martha Williams' Dancing Gates Project invaded Central Park's Great Lawn Feb. 27 (during the final weekend of Christo's installation) and danced in response to the movement of the hanging fabric curtains.


Hooded hood·ed  
adj.
1. Covered with or having a hood.

2. Shaped like a hood, cowl, or similar covering.

3. Zoology
a. Having coloration or a crest suggesting a hood.

b.
 and sheathed sheath  
n. pl. sheaths
1.
a. A case for a blade, as of a sword.

b. Any of various similar coverings.

2.
 in black, the 50 participants in Martha Williams' Dancing Gates Project invaded Central Park's Great Lawn Feb. 27 (during the final weekend of Christo's installation) and danced in response to the movement of the hanging fabric curtains. Even if movement, like Christo's art, is transient A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge.

transient - 1.
, it lodges permanently in the memory.
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Title Annotation:Newsmakers
Publication:Dance Magazine
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U2NY
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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