July 16:

July 16, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr

French-American relations, or Giselle

foot in mouth on Uptown, Downtown
Dear Mr. Mendez, Well, I'm glad it made somebody happy! And, yes, I did my homework: the interviews, the videos. Hours of...
Posted Jan 22, 2013
Harold Mendez on Uptown, Downtown
journalist/critic = research/ factual accuracy The Thank-you Bar = themes of displacement Niicugni (Listen) = healing ceremony expressing gratitude and acknowledging all...
Posted Jan 22, 2013
Kumar on From Russia with love: 1950s Bollywood
Watching Bollywood movies makes me feel at home. I really don't feel home sick by watching this kind of movies...
Posted Oct 22, 2012
Pablo Galvan on From Russia with love: 1950s Bollywood
I love Bollywood Dances! I saw a musical about it long time ago and since then I'm a fan :D Is...
Posted Sep 26, 2012
foot in mouth on Indie ballet
Dear Ken and Marina, I'll have to look at it more closely when the Balanchine "Nutcracker" comes around this year,...
Posted Sep 11, 2012
Marina on Indie ballet
So true, Ken! The key is usually in the music, which itself, is a fantasy. And also in Balanchine's wit,...
Posted Sep 11, 2012
ken on Indie ballet
It may be a metaphor too far (thought I don't think so) but the dancers in Act 2 of Nutcracker...
Posted Sep 11, 2012
Marina on Indie ballet
I agree with pretty much every thing you say, but I also think there can be irony not just in...
Posted Sep 11, 2012
foot in mouth on Indie ballet
Dear Marina, I agree that when the stereotype is so obviously a ballet trope, it's not dangerous--you know, the feisty "ethnics"...
Posted Sep 11, 2012
Marina on Indie ballet
Dear Apollinaire, I'm all for well-wrought characters and intelligent choreography (as you know), but here I have to disagree, just a...
Posted Sep 10, 2012