They are thus a doubly interesting source: early in her career they supply a much-needed musical profile; later they fill in the gossipybackstagecontext.
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Moreover, the value of thisbackstageinformation was magnified (and sensitized) by its source.
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As reward for loyal patronage, he gained access to the "secret world" of music-hall, and to the corps de balletbackstage.
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The requirement for extensive underground parking made it viable to place thebackstageareas at the seaward end, and to service them from within the platform.
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Artists may then tack on a litanic ritual, and conspicuously flaunt - before thebackstagestaff - the demigod status they anticipate or seek to gain out front.
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However, it is equally the case thatbackstagespaces and practices are overlooked because of a perception that they are simply too mundane, too quotidian to sustain investigation.
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The authors, then, mediate betweenbackstageand stage.
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Thebackstagenature of women's stories about their own and others' bad behavior is said to allow women to perform being "not nice," otherwise proscribed for them by social norms.
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The scenes take place on the factory floor, in a factory office, in the workers' neighborhood, in a theater dressing room,backstage, and in a bar.
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Hidden from the audience, thebackstageis an unseen realm 'not self-determined by' the drama, a mysterious space known only by the distant sounds of the drum.
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Imagine a third character, impassive, motionless, that looks at, that witnesses the conflict without intervening - remaining, so to speak,backstage- and we have the three principal attitudes possible on stage.
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There was a highly skilled professionalbackstageteam who took a liking to me and went to some lengths to teach me how to work a show.
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Are the actors, thebackstageworkers—the electricians and others—engaged in distribution or in carrying out a miscellaneous service?
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In addition, those who run public houses and other establishments in which alcohol is served have an enormous amount ofbackstagework to do.
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We all know thatbackstagethere is a fierce argument going on about these power relationships, but this could be an open debate.
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