Beneath its lyrical manner, "Two English Girls" is a subtle portrait of genteel people whose passions are manipulated and misdirected in every possible permutation.

These stories and the world of amateur broadcasting are brought to life by Mr. Olive, who writes in a footloose, lyrical manner that reflects the material.

His modelling is in a lyrical, classical art-deco manner which effortlessly combines sensuous curves with geometric line patterns.

Mr. Fagan, to his credit, has used this same energy in a more lyrical if over-extended manner.

Irving Berlin addressed these same longings in a somewhat more lyrical manner.

"This piece is choreographed in a more lyrical manner than Nik's dancers are used to," Mr. Louis said.

Ms. Nichols and Mr. Woetzel danced each phrase in the proper lyrical or virtuosic manner.

Her writing draws on her Yugoslav heritage and the former country's history in an intensely lyrical manner.

He crossed out what he had written and began to write down the legend of St. George and the dragon in the same lyrical manner.