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Example sentences for: avant-garde

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He was a record producer, an adept of black magic, and an avant-garde filmmaker who pioneered, among other things, the kind of collage animation later made famous by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam.
In Paris before and during World War I, Rivera was a member of the French avant-garde, executing competent Cubist works such as Still Life With Liqueur Bottle (1915).
Special praise goes to avant-garde director Julie Taymor for the costumes, which integrate puppets and masks and are said to be stylish and innovative.
The hall was built in 1908 for a musical society called the Orfeó Català, but today programs range from top symphony orchestras and soloists to avant-garde pop-rock outfits.
Unlike his former sideman Coltrane, who aligned himself with the avant-garde and ultimately became its prophet, Davis sought a middle ground between improvisatory freedom and adherence to form.