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Tag: Ballet
Review of the Day: The Ribbon by Tessa Blackham
Practically wordless, this author/illustrator debut title manages to capture the beauty, pathos, and sheer wonder of ballet while, at the same time, touching on the joys and anxiety of performance AND pulling off some visual acrobatics in the art.
Fusenews: Born and raised in South Detroit . . .
This blog has spoiled me beyond all hope or recognition. Over the years I’ve used it to find nannies, to get books re-published, and now it has solved a mystery that lay dormant for years. Back in November of 2009 I decided I wanted to track down a book from my childhood. Writing stumpers into […]
Video Sunday: Kinda makes you wanna watch more ballets, don’t it?
Boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. So MUCH very very good stuff to show you today. Honestly, I don’t even know where to start. Hrm. Howzabout we begin with one of my favorite tropes: things that parody other things that you’ve never seen. It was Dana Sheridan who directed my attention to this video […]
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Video Sunday: It’s the Robinson Crusoe bit, in case you were wondering
This week I reviewed Anne Ursu’s Breadcrumbs, a keen look at the weirdness that is Hans Christian Andersen. At the same time the Brit blog Playing By the Book highlighted a ballet take on the Andersen story The Most Incredible Thing. I wasn’t able to grab the video she found but I was able to […]
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