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A used but in great shape, first edition copy ofThe Romantic Ballerinas should be in the mail to me at any moment. I look forward to it's arrival. Thanks Victoria!

No. Where do I get it? I hope I can get it in a hurry!

No. Where do I get it? I hope I can get it in a hurry!

I have Ivor Guest's "Victorian Ballet Girl", which is about Clara Webster. I'll look for Fanny Cerrito, and I hope there is one about Lucille Grahn. I still think your book would be interesting to read.

I have Ivor Guest's "Victorian Ballet Girl", which is about Clara Webster. I'll look for Fanny Cerrito, and I hope there is one about Lucille Grahn. I still think your book would be interesting to read.

Alexandra, will you please, please, please write your next book on the Romantic Ballerinas?

Alexandra, will you please, please, please write your next book on the Romantic Ballerinas?

Was Hans Beck's "The Little Mermaid" notated or filmed?

Was Hans Beck's "The Little Mermaid" notated or filmed?

Ellen Price de Plane is pretty darn good even by today's standards! Ellen Price de Plane was the model for the statue of The Little Mermaid that is in the water? She didn't pose for it? In a way we have not gone too far from the original topic, Fanny Cerrito. She was the original Ondine, I think. PS. I love the reel from La Sylphide. Now I learn that there is a reel in another Bournonville ballet. I need to see this rare film.

Ellen Price de Plane is pretty darn good even by today's standards! Ellen Price de Plane was the model for the statue of The Little Mermaid that is in the water? She didn't pose for it? In a way we have not gone too far from the original topic, Fanny Cerrito. She was the original Ondine, I think. PS. I love the reel from La Sylphide. Now I learn that there is a reel in another Bournonville ballet. I need to see this rare film.

Thank you for the story of long gone relatives who got to see ballets and ballet dancers that we can only dream of seeing. Now added to my wish list after your wonderful description, is a trip back to Denmark to see Mr. Bournonville's rehearsal studio. PS. I was watching the NYCB/Bournonville video the other day and it had an old film with just a few moments of a Danish ballerina in the first dance from La Sylphide. She was pretty and had curls hanging down from her wreath. Do you know who she is?

Thank you for the story of long gone relatives who got to see ballets and ballet dancers that we can only dream of seeing. Now added to my wish list after your wonderful description, is a trip back to Denmark to see Mr. Bournonville's rehearsal studio. PS. I was watching the NYCB/Bournonville video the other day and it had an old film with just a few moments of a Danish ballerina in the first dance from La Sylphide. She was pretty and had curls hanging down from her wreath. Do you know who she is?

Amazing Alymer! My ballet teacher's studio walls were decorated with a series of Romantic Ballerinas. The Romantic Ballerinas were more "dream creatures" than real people, to me. Seeing photographs and costumes makes them real! My "cup of sorrow" from the coronation of Nicholas II, is a mug, one of thousands, that were produced for the masses who came to Moscow in 1896 to celebrate the coronation of the new Tsar. In their haste to get one, many people were trampled to death. That is why the enamel with gold leaf mug is named the "cup of sorrow". I realized the other night that Nicholas Romanov's mother Dagmar (Maria Feodorovna), who was Danish, must have seen Lucille Grahn perform.

Amazing Alymer! My ballet teacher's studio walls were decorated with a series of Romantic Ballerinas. The Romantic Ballerinas were more "dream creatures" than real people, to me. Seeing photographs and costumes makes them real! My "cup of sorrow" from the coronation of Nicholas II, is a mug, one of thousands, that were produced for the masses who came to Moscow in 1896 to celebrate the coronation of the new Tsar. In their haste to get one, many people were trampled to death. That is why the enamel with gold leaf mug is named the "cup of sorrow". I realized the other night that Nicholas Romanov's mother Dagmar (Maria Feodorovna), who was Danish, must have seen Lucille Grahn perform.

I have worked with Linda Kent twice. In addition to being on staff at Julliard, she teaches Paul Taylor works. I would like to add that I think she is an expert teacher. Joffrey, ABT, Oregon Ballet Theatre and other ballet companies have presented Paul Taylor works. In conversation with me, Linda Kent made it clear that one cannot call a Paul Taylor work a ballet. Yet, ballet companies do Paul Taylor works. Before Linda Kent set me straight on the matter, I was calling "Cloven Kingdom" and "Arden Court" ballets. So, again, what is real ballet?

Alymer, oh my gosh, how amazing! What a treasure. I have a "cup of sorrow" from the coronation of Nicholas II, and a book of lithographs of Romantic Ballerinas, and now a framed print of the Grand Pas De Quatre. But what you have is an amazing collector's item! I can only think how intrigued Mr. Joffrey would be by this photo of Lucille Grahn. Is she very old in the picture? Is she blonde? Does she look sylph like? What is her writing like?

Alymer, oh my gosh, how amazing! What a treasure. I have a "cup of sorrow" from the coronation of Nicholas II, and a book of lithographs of Romantic Ballerinas, and now a framed print of the Grand Pas De Quatre. But what you have is an amazing collector's item! I can only think how intrigued Mr. Joffrey would be by this photo of Lucille Grahn. Is she very old in the picture? Is she blonde? Does she look sylph like? What is her writing like?

I was so enthralled with the artists' performances, I never got bored.

Wow! Thanks to you too, rg!

Thanks Mel! That mind of yours contains so much amazing info!

I've heard that Glazounov orchestrated Chopin's piano music for "Les Sylphides". Was the ballet named "Les Sylphides" from the very start? If so, what was "Chopinianna"? I've also heard that for "Chopinianna", the march, that is used at the beginning of Robbin's "The Concert" ,was the overture. Does anyone know?

I will have to either reinvent The Romantic Era or invent a time machine. Would anyone like to travel and see these beautiful dancers?

Yes, even without my glasses, I could see that this girl was named Clara Webster. I've also heard of Emma Livery. I think there were many who died from costumes catching fire.

Well said, Morris Neighbor!