Ljubjlana, Music & Dance & a Martinovanje
Just back from the very beautiful city of Ljubljana where I was lecturing on a seminar on music for ballet teaching. On Friday I learned a new word, Martinovanje, which…
Tchaikovsky & the pink oboe
I’ve been chastised for the lack of recent updates to this weblog by a person I might describe best as an e-colleague, who I met again recently at the Sound…
Dipsy & Lala
Here they are, for all those who wanted to see pictures. The very lovely Dipsy & Lala, aged about 6 months. It’s taken this long, because they won’t keep still,…
Beautiful Prague…
It’s that time of year again, and I’m in Prague for the International Ballet Masterclasses. I’d intended to keep a daily weblog, with photos, but I remembered the shower gel…
Now that’s what I call…Bournonville
The most exciting news I’ve heard in a long time – Dance Books have just announced the release of a 9-CD set of “Music to the Bournonville Ballets“, including Napoli,…
Soft-soaping the pope
For a bit of balance on the whole Pope issue, try Hans K?ng’s Hoffnungskrise am Ende eines allzu langen Pontifikats. The article is hosted on the website of ‘we-are-church’ ,…