Choreographic showcases usually operate on small budgets and one does not expect them to be elaborate spectacles.

The opera is an elaborate spectacle involving the love of Alphise, queen of Bactria, for the apparent commoner Abaris.

That elaborate spectacle included not only dancing horses but lions, elephants, flaming volcanoes and an audience of 200,000 people.

And its most elaborate spectacle was by Rabbit in the Moon, who used video and costumes as diversions from imitative music.

The triumphal scene gives directors the opportunity for elaborate spectacle typical of the grand opera of the period in the nineteenth century.

And their shows aren't elaborate spectacles, but amiable, scrappy, slightly disheveled concerts that reaffirm the band's perseverance and moxie.

Both showpieces were originally choreographed to be performed toward the end of elaborate spectacles and to help them conclude in a blaze of glory.

The event was a hit, and the Krewe planned an even more elaborate spectacle the next year, when all 60 of Tampa's cars were paraded through downtown.

The Europeans thoroughly enjoyed the elaborate spectacle and each year they outdid themselves in the creation of such productions.

She was smiling at Stephanie, still wearing the little mink jacket, the elaborate spectacles with diamante inlay.