The songful Andante, always arresting in competent hands, here becomes a reflection of unexpected intimacy.

This is dance as a branch of extreme sport, a dark mirror image of self-display and sexual aggression, mixed with a curious, unexpected intimacy.

In the end, with unexpected intimacy and dignity, "On Writing" becomes the essence of those times.

In cotillion or quadrille, with sets and steps fixed, demanding a certain space, there was little chance of unexpected intimacy.

Shyness overwhelmed her at the unexpected intimacy of the contact, and she didn't know what to do.

Partly it's their eye-popping size and partly their unexpected intimacy, as other critics have noted.

Characters are, of course, sharing unexpected intimacies with audiences all over New York City night after night.

She rather enjoyed the unexpected intimacy.

He reflects, "To share an unexpected intimacy might intensify both their holds on life."

But having attached herself to Maud for the sake of the money, Sue finds herself drawn into an unexpected and fearful intimacy.