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REVIEW; 'Tall Tales' weds words to dance
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The most athletic and virtuosic concert in the Danceworks
Performance Company's history opened Friday, in Dani Kuepper's "Tall
Tales From the Wide Sky." It is also one of DPC's funniest and most
touching pieces.
Most of the dozen episodes over 65 minutes weave words, spoken by
the dancers, music and movement ingeniously and naturally. That is
among the most difficult tasks in all the performing arts, as words
have a way of subordinating and even canceling everything else.
Kuepper manag...
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Larger than life: reading and writing tall tales.
Childhood Education
; Where can a pancake griddle be so big that grown men can skate on it, wearing pats of butter on their feet? And in what universe does the Grand Canyon become a half-pipe for skateboarding? It can only happen in the fantasy world of tall tales. This genre is characterized by fictional, often
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Zora Neale Hurston, collector: Lies and Other Tall Tales.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
The Horn Book Magazine
; Zora Neale Hurston, collector Lies and Other Tall Tales; adapted and illus, by Christopher Myers 40 pp. HarperCollins 10/05 ISBN 0-06-000655-2 $15.99 g Library edition ISBN 0-06-000656-0 $16.89 (Primary, Intermediate) Following in the footsteps of Alice Walker in reviving the works of Zora Neale
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 "The Kansas City Star (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Plant of the week: Tall Tales fountain grass.
The Kansas City Star (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; _Botanical name: Pennisetum (hybrid) ``Tall Tales'' _Attributes: One of the toughest and most spectacular of the fountain grasses. Tall Tales fountain grass is a medium to tall (4 to 6 feet) grass with elegant foot-long white plumes. It thrives in heat and dry weather, so the grass fared well
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Twisters, Tall Tales, & Science Teaching.
Science Scope
; Byline: Dawn Renee Wilcox and Donna R. Sterling Legends and tall tales have been part of the American culture for ages. Your students are probably already familiar with the tales of how Pecos Bill fearlessly tamed a ferocious tornado, or Paul Bunyan effortlessly restrained a great river. Such tales
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LET'S GO; Tall tales in the tower
Evening Times
; Head for the top storey! Tall Tales In The Tower Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow Tel: 0141 552 4267 Website: www.tron.co.uk Admision free. SCALE the dizzy heights of the Tron Theatre's clock tower for an enchanting afternoon of tall tales. This fun, interactive storytelling session has proved a
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