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Ashton’s 1964 production remains a shining example of a story ballet, in which the narrative is cohesive and the ballet glitteringly alive.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

These include Gangloff’s moody portraits, Degen’s glitteringly surreal landscapes and the diagrammatic paintings by Masnyj, which function as strange inventories of objects and things.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2016

Aided by Robert Greene’s abrupt editing, the movie’s images suggest sharp-edged, glitteringly detached shards of perception.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2015

AM Homes … beat a glitteringly strong shortlist including Hilary Mantel.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2013

Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient’s bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote