Their goal is to create dramatic continuity and the right pace for the desired mood.
The performance was striking for its musical and dramatic continuity, which is difficult to achieve.
Yet if the cast here is uneven, there are attempts at dramatic continuity.
For all his attention to detail, he keeps a firm hold on the overall architecture; there is never a letup in dramatic continuity.
In truth, though, the biggest obstacle to dramatic continuity was our own laughter.
He has, in fact, turned it into a Spanish work, a suite of dances (some by himself) with little concern for dramatic continuity.
What is oddly missing is any sense of dramatic continuity to the story.
Even dramatic continuity is oddly lacking in a work from such practiced artists.
"Rusalka" is music of great beauty that smothers dramatic continuity.
His cut-and-paste job has produced a libretto of heightened emotional resonance and surprising dramatic continuity.