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Unhinged.


Terese Capucilli's Medea in Graham's Cave of the Heart is a woman consumed by the fire of jealousy. In the April season of the Martha Graham Dance Company at City Center, the intensity of her rage was visible on her face and in her gouged-out center. Her arms trembled almost spastically spas·tic  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by spasms: a spastic colon; a spastic form of cerebral palsy.

2. Affected by spastic paralysis.

3.
, and it seemed she was losing her mind. She finally stepped into the Noguchi set design and stalked stalked  
adj.
Having a stalk or stem. Often used in combination: long-stalked; short-stalked.

Adj. 1.
 around inside his "spider dress," trapped in her own hellish revenge. It was a destabilizing performance, and my knees felt weak throughout. Capucilli brought us into the dark pit of a no-exit psyche Psyche (sī`kē), in Greek mythology, personification of the human soul. She was so lovely that Eros (Cupid), the god of love, fell in love with her. , demonstrating that murderous mur·der·ous  
adj.
1. Capable of, guilty of, or intending murder: a group of murderous thugs.

2.
 hatred could descend on anyone.
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Title Annotation:New York Notebook; Terese Capucilli's performance in Medea
Author:Perron, Wendy
Publication:Dance Magazine
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U2NY
Date:Aug 1, 2004
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