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SNAPPY BRINGS GOREY'S WORK TO LIFE
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In Snappy Dance Theater's cleverly inventive new "The
Temperamental Wobble," a Fleet Boston Celebrity Series commission
given its world premiere last night, the humorously creepy art of
author and illustrator Edward Gorey is given "legs." A woman's shadow
dances with that of her beloved arisen from the grave. Three circus
performers cavort as a hanged woman dangles unceremoniously nearby.
Tombstones and umbrellas are everywhere, and it's all presided over
by a Gorey-like figure in dark coat, ...
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GOREY'S ART GETS `LEGS' VIA SNAPPY
The Boston Globe
; In Snappy Dance Theater's cleverly inventive, new "The Temperamental Wobble," a Fleet Boston Celebrity Series commission received its world premiere Friday night, and the humorously creepy art of author and illustrator Edward Gorey is given "legs." A woman's shadow dances with that of her beloved
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Snappy Dance evokes Gorey terror, wonder.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; Byline: T.J. MEDREK Snappy Dance Theater, at the Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, last night; repeats tonight. The pen-and-ink illustrations of Edward Gorey are like fairy tales, conjured from both the brightest wonders and darkest terrors of childhood. They're simultaneously fey and feral.
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Gorey makes Snappy comeback.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; Byline: THEODORE BALE It was only a matter of time before Snappy Dance Theater turned its attention to the comic and macabre work of the late illustrator Edward Gorey. When the company makes its FleetBoston Celebrity Series debut tonight at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, the highlight will be the
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WOBBLEHEADS SNAPPY DANCE THEATER PAYS OFF-KILTER HOMAGE TO GOREY
The Boston Globe
; Lacy pantaloons, bowler hats, black cloaks, leotards that look like moss, huge hats with veils that keep the wearer's face a mystery. The members of Snappy Dance Theater were trying on their costumes for "The Temperamental Wobble" for the first time during a Cambridge rehearsal the other day.
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MEMORIES OF A LITTLE WOMAN ECHO LOUDLY IN SMALL TOWN.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Just about everyone in Yoncalla came to say goodbye to Dr. Lydia, the tiny lady who was the biggest person in town. They quietly filled the bleachers and most of the plastic chairs lined up on the wooden floor of the high school gym. They were there to pay respects to the woman who had delivered,
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