stagecraft
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Performance and illusion are recurring themes: A woman is sawed in half in a depiction of classic stagecraft; elsewhere a juggler manipulates ovoids that each contain an everyday vignette.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Renowned for its star-studded line-ups and spectacular stagecraft, Tomorrowland's home edition in Belgium's Boom is a bucket list item for many hardcore ravers.
From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025
But perhaps the most consequential gesture of his appearance came when Mamdani, whose mother is a celebrated filmmaker, showed off his command of stagecraft.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025
They might not have achieved that goal - Coldplay have already set themselves a ridiculously high bar - but this was stadium stagecraft at its absolute finest.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Rowan found himself less interested in the stagecraft and parrying within the assembly room as he was in the things that went on outside of it.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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