ballet summer roundup and a cat among the books and flowers. Updated 8/30: more on Forsythe and the Romantic ballet … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
In lieu of a real post: a cat and some notes (expanded version)
Among the books and flowers Wood engraving by Raoul Dufy from my namesake's bestiary poems, subtitled "Procession of Orpheus" (1911) Notes on ballet events long past William Forsythe's "Impressing the Czar," performed by the Royal Ballet of Flanders at the Lincoln Center Festival in the company's U.S. debut, late July. I was particularly struck by the choreographer's deftness at fomenting … [Read more...]
That endangered species, touring dancers
Merce Cunningham dancer Daniel Madoff has constructed a very nifty website for touring dancers and their fans. He explains: Touringdancers.com is targeted specifically at touring dance companies and their audiences. It features a combined company calendar in which the viewer can see multiple company calendars side by side. The benefit for dancers is that they can locate their fellow dancers … [Read more...]
Lovecat
Among the many absurd and badly paying jobs I've had--ghostwriting a mail-in Ph.D. on economics, wrapping holiday Crate and Barrel purchases in enough paper to have kept little Jesus warm, translating Richard III into easy English--one I recall without shuddering is as an all-purpose office assistant to some all-purpose Israeli émigrés in the Bay Area. Their various schemes included buying … [Read more...]