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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Monthly Archives: December 2008

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  • Music
    By Jonathan Still
    December 26, 2008 11:59 pm
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    A Little Night Music

    To the Menier Chocolate Factory for dinner & Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with Chris & parents and John from Atlanta.  I can’t remember ever ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPhoto GalleriesPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 25, 2008 12:01 am
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    Advent 25: And the last word…

    …goes to John O’Brien. I could never pinpoint why John’s classes, and the experience of working with him was quite so different to every other teacher.  ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPhoto GalleriesPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 24, 2008 4:59 pm
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    Advent 24: Till Eulenspiegel

    The top-prize for annoying till-routines goes jointly in my head to Boots and Smiths. Smiths at airports always seem to be running special offers, so that ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 23, 2008 10:35 am
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    Advent 23: Brought to book

    When Ivan Nagy took over ENB after Peter Schaufuss went to Berlin, we had another year of Peter’s Nutcracker to contend with until Ben Stevenson’s came ...
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    By Jonathan Still
    December 22, 2008 1:23 am
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    Advent 22: How to lead someone off stage

    Another gem from Mark Morris.  It was in a rehearsal for Drink to me only with thine eyes and there was this bit where a guy ...
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    By Jonathan Still
    December 21, 2008 12:06 am
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    Advent 21: I got rhythm, I got matches…

    Around the same time as the Gary Harris/Indian River Music story, Kevin Richmond was playing Scrooge in Christopher Hampson’s Christmas Carol. So there we all were, ...
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