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Red seats at the New York City Ballet
Photo by Kyle Froman. Gorgeous.
Walking in the city
Even at the grossest dingiest most bustling jackhammery intersection … look up. You never know what you will find up there, but sometimes you see something that makes you go all quiet and still inside, peaceful, like all the sound … Continue reading
“The performance is now.” – Suzanne Farrell
Like most people, I have heard of Suzanne Farrell and knew she was a big deal in the world of ballet. Names like Gelsey Kirkland and Allegra Kent and Darci Kistler … well, first of all … aren’t those all … Continue reading
Nureyev and Gender
I still can’t really read, but here are some Nureyev images, since he’s been on my mind. I am halfway through the Nureyev book, and hopefully I’ll get to finish it some day. I love the androgyny of Nureyev in … Continue reading
“We only lived when we danced.” – Rudolf Nureyev
“They seemed aware of each other even when their backs were turned. When their eye met, a message was passed.” — Alexander Bland on Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn “To see Fonteyn was one thing. To see Nureyev was another … Continue reading
“Even his walk made him different from everyone else.”
I’m reading Nureyev: The Life, by Julie Kavanagh right now, and it is superb!! I don’t know anything about ballet, and know very little about the ballet world itself – and while the bare bones of Nureyev’s story are familiar … Continue reading
The Dancer Who Could Pause In Mid-Air:
Joan Acocella writes: Almost everyone who describes Nureyev eventually compares him to an animal. They bore you to death with this, but it was true. New biography of Rudolf Nureyev is out – and I must read it. All 700 … Continue reading
Corner of 38th and 8th
Ballerinas, above the fray.
Degas
I know that he, in reality, hated ballerinas. That just goes to show you how little a person’s actual views on things has to do with the art that he makes. There’s a beautiful mixture of practicality and fantasy in … Continue reading
The Books: Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfield)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA fiction/children’s books: Next book on the shelf is Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. There are a couple of important books I read in my childhood and this is one of them. Important, I mean, in terms … Continue reading
