Showpiece
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A
showpiece
is:
An accomplishment which is worthy of display and admiration:
English Wikipedia
's 1,000,000th qualified article,
[1]
Jordanhill railway station
, was called a "
showpiece
of parallel
collaboration
."
[2]
An outstanding example of a type:
Beacon Hill Park
in Victoria, British Columbia is considered a
showpiece
garden.
[3]
The
Green Mountain College
organic garden with many
heirloom plantings
has become a
campus
showpiece.
[4]
A performance or
composition
which provides an opportunity for the display of a particular skill:
The Dying Swan
was ballerina
Anna Pavlova
's
showpiece
.
Luciano Berio
's
Sequenza XII
is a
showpiece
for
bassoon
.
A work of art or theatrical production presented for
exhibition
:
In 1994, choreographer
Jerome Robbins
created a
showpiece
for the
School of American Ballet
based on composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
's
Two and Three Part Inventions
.
[5]
In the
satiric
sense, a
showpiece
is a charade, a mockery, an empty or absurd pretense.
See also
Pièce de résistance
Showcase (disambiguation)
References
^
"English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article".
Wikimedia Foundation
press release
. 1 March 2006.
^
"Wikipedia (English) Hits 1,000,000 articles". 1 March 2006.
^
"Beacon Hill Park".
Vancouver Island
Campgrounds & Parks
. Archived from the original on 2006-11-25.
^
"Organic Garden".
Green Mountain College
Map
. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
^
Laura Jacobs. "Jerome Robbins, 1918-1998".
The New Criterion
Vol. 17, No. 1, September 1998
.
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