Mel Johnson Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Why very simple, Estelle! I'll write them here!;) Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 one rather poignant note, mel: when i first went to visit her the nurses took great pains to let me know that she was not aware that dolin had passed away, and that they did not want me to refer to his passing at all because it might be too much of a shock for her. this was in about 1987. Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Tremendous imagination does seem to help performers take and hold the audience's attention -- often it's people whose fantasy-lives take up so much room they don't have great judgment about daily life, or about how "the world' would react to their opinions or associates... I remember reading in Fonteyn's memoirs how much she enjoyed being around Genet, but how tricky it was, because he was always on the run from the police..... Surely Allegra Kent belongs on this thread...... Link to comment
Petra Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 What scenes did Allegra Kent actually make? I know only what I read in her autobiography, and from the book it seems that having babies seemed to be her major mode of rebellion - against husbands and ballet masters alike Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 I didn't mean it that way - -I don't think she ever did "make a scene" but she doesn't have to. She is really kind of out-of-this-world on a daily basis..... from the little bit I've seen of her in real life...... No wonder Balanchine kept her on the payroll even when she wasn't dancing more than once a year... She is a very great artist, I think -- with tremendous internal contradictions that she's always having to work to reconcile, which makes her self-absorbed in a totally forgivable way. I find myself more fascinated by the clips I've seen of her dancing than by almost ANYBODY else's -- the Midsummer Night's Dream pas de deux, for example, or the snatches of her in Agon, and WHAT wouldn'tI give to see her do Symphony in C -- because of hte power of her absorption in the music, the instinctive rightness of her timing, and also by some way she has of making me feel like I'm about to understand the meaning of life Link to comment
carbro Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Amazing, Paul, how the small excerpt of her dancing Bizet in "Six Ballerinas" brought tears to my eyes! Re: Midsummer -- is there a video (legit or . . . ;) you know) available? That would be a dream come true! Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Oh yes, Carbro -- absolutely!!...... THe suppportd pirouettes in arabesque in the middle of Bizet, at the HEART of Bizet, every time I see them, she pours forward into that arabesque and starts to go round and tears spring to my eyes.... I tried to PM you but can't, please PM me..... Link to comment
carbro Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Thanks for the effort. I tried to PM you back, was denied access. Left my aol and yahoo IM handles in my registration. Does that help? "Pour forward" -- what a gorgeous evocation of that image! Link to comment
Petra Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Totally off topic, I know... but, Paul, you write so beautifully. Your passion is just infectious and addictive (in a good way.;) ). Link to comment
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