Pinto's pearl. (New York Notebook).Part Petrouchka, part Alwin Nikolais, and part 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. , Oyster, created by Israeli choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. Inbal Pinto pinto Spotted horse, also called paint, piebald, skewbald, and other terms to describe variations in colour and markings. The American Indian ponies of the western U.S. were often pintos. Most pure-breed associations refuse to register horses with pinto colouring. in collaboration with theater director Avshalom Pollak, comes to The Joyce April 22-27. The carnival-like scenery evokes Fokine's classic; the exquisite costumes and coordinated movement suggest Nikolais; and the playful, acrobatic maneuvers recall funhouse antics. Oyster, cited as the best performing-arts event during the 1999-2000 season by the Israel Theater Awards, showcases Pinto's stellar sense of design. "Israel is a hard country in which to live and to create," she has said. "We want to let the audience forget." But beneath the bizarre trappings and gestures, Oyster's eleven-member cast conjures human emotions: pity, intrigue, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . |
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