The ballet ends with a slow, dirgelike walk offstage by the entire cast. |
The anthem proceeds by repeating a downward series of five notes, and this series creates a falling, dirgelike effect, as it is taken up by all five parts. |
The sequence is accompanied by dirgelike music, which eventually becomes a sung lament. |
It is less bright in tone and more dirgelike than the guitar patterns of masters to the south, like Diblo Dibala, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
He is a resourceful narrator and storyteller, but most of the tempos are dirgelike, and you have to accept that events will unfold according to his preference. |
The dirgelike humming of Lorna Simpson's nearby video installation was audible in the background. |