It takes a diva.
[NY] With a time-tripping vision of Ruth St. Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. in mind, producer-writer Fran Kirmser turned to Dalia Carella. Critics had crowned Carella the latter-day Miss Ruth, noting her skilled, glamorous interpretations of "ethnic" dancing. The charismatic performer shared Kirmser's drive to bring St. Denis back into the public eye. Now Kirmser's In Search of A Goddess (co-written with director Andrew Frank) comes to The Duke on 42nd Street, June 10-20, with Carella's contemporary takes on St. Denis' famed solos Kwan Yin prop. n. 1. (Buddhism) A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon. (1919), Egypta (1910), and more, with the aid of three actors playing the young Ruth, a spirited sidekick, and a mystic, this piece promises to be a colorful evocation EVOCATION, French law. The act by which a judge is deprived of the cognizance of a suit over which he had jurisdiction, for the purpose of conferring on other judges the power of deciding it. This is done with us by writ of certiorari. of everything from the Coney Island Coney Island (kō`nē), beach resort, amusement center, and neighborhood of S Brooklyn borough of New York City, SE N.Y., on the Atlantic Ocean. boardwalk to the Ouled Nail dancers of Algeria. Tickets at 212.239.6200 or www.insearchofagoddess.com.
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