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"Upheaval at the New York Public Library" by Scott Sherman, November 30, 2011, The Nation http://www.thenation...brary?page=full Although the performing arts are not mentioned I would imagine that the issues covered in this article would have implications for the Performing Arts Library.

Here is an interview with Pyotr Pestov from Dance Magazine, October 2009: Teacher's Wisdom: Pyotr Pestov by Evan McKie http://www.dancemaga...om-Pyotr-Pestov

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I have been asked to try and find out the significance of the handkerchief in the ballerina's Russian Dance. Does she drop it hoping some officer will pick it up? Is this coming from folkdance traditions?

"Neumeier: the presiding spirit of Hamburg" by Valerie Lawson This article first appeared in The Australian on 25 February, 2012 http://dancelines.co...rit-of-hamburg/

Pinterest (a virtual bulletin board to put up images) may be of interest to some of you. The Australian Ballet's pin board: http://pinterest.com.../behind-ballet/ Dance Magazine's pin board: http://pinterest.com/dancemagazine/ Pointe magazine's pin board: http://pinterest.com/pointemagazine/ A blog about the use of Pinterest in dance: http://astudioincove...-and-dance.html About Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/about/

"Misty Copeland, the first African-American soloist with American Ballet Theatre in two decades, never dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Watch the amazing story, told in her own words, only on Dance Channel TV." Mar 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6YSbHa2gSY&feature=fvsr

Polunin will go to Japan as a member of "Alina Cojocaru Dream Project" http://www.nbs.or.jp...-dream-project/ - Performers - Alina Cojocaru (The Royal Ballet) Lauren Cuthbertson (The Royal Ballet) Daria Klementova (English National Ballet)-programme B only Johan Kobborg (The Royal Ballet) Roberta Marquez (The Royal Ballet) Steven McRae (The Royal Ballet) Vadim Muntagirov (English National Ballet) Sergei Polunin (The Royal Ballet) Alexandre Riabko (The Humburg Ballet)-programme B only *in alphabetic order

Here is the new Links page for BalletcoForum: Occasional Dance Links - Features, Previews, Reviews, etc "A place for links to (hopefully) interesting articles, reviews and the like from across the global English-language press - but deliberately less comprehensive (and rather later in the day) than the "Today's Links" of old. Others are allowed to participate........." http://www.balletcof..._1584#entry1584 edited a few hours later: they have changed the thread to a forum: "This thread can now be considered closed to new messages as Bruce has opened up a new forum titled Dance Links - reviews & features in which to post links." http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/forum/13-dance-links-reviews-features/

A Film Unfinished is a film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Some people I have told about it have said they just don't want to see the film because it will have disturbing scenes. But I feel this film is making visible what should not be forgotten. The look in the eyes of the people as they are being filmed went straight to my heart. I also think that the rating of the film is a real shame because it will stop the film being shown in high schools. A Film Unfinished website http://www.afilmunfi...d.com/film.html "For almost half a century, an unfinished Nazi propaganda film of the Warsaw Ghetto, simply titled “Das Ghetto” and discovered by East German archivists after the war, was used by scholars and historians as a flawed but authentic record of ghetto life. Shot over 30 days in May 1942 — just two months before deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp would begin. . . ." New York Times Review: http://www.nytimes.c...unfinished.html "Two-thirds of the 31 year old Hersonski's film consists of the original Nazi propaganda footage - including out-takes. The rest is comprised in part of the wrinkled faces of a handful of Warsaw ghetto survivors grimly watching an actual screening of the film and offering commentary (some clearly remember the Wermacht cameramen at work). Using an actor, Hersonski has also re-enacted the actual post-war testimony of one of the film's original German cameramen (now deceased)." Huffington Post review: http://www.huffingto...e_b_682030.html

Here is a video about the costumes for Theme and Variations: New York City Ballet "Recreating a Tutu"

Review of a autobiography by Gillian Lynne, Chatto & Windus; (3 Nov 2011) "One of the most well written autobiographies; descriptive to the point of pithy but with such humour and throughout, the impeccable manners that mark out a dancer. Lynne begins the Prologue with “'o me a dancer’s life is an amalgam of three crucial elements : the Impossible and the Spiritual all wrapped up with a ribbon of Passion.'" http://balletnews.co.uk/ballet-news-reviews-a-dancer-in-wartime-gillian-lynne/

Just watched the documentary: Casino Jack and the United States of Money. What hope do we have. . . . From wikipedia: "The film focuses on the career of Washington, D.C. lobbyist, businessman, and con man Jack Abramoff, who was involved in a massive corruption scandal that led to the conviction of himself, two Bush White House officials, Rep. Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and congressional staffers." http://www.takepart.com/casinojack

Thanks for the leads, RG. Will follow them up. We have found two letters and a mention of a third which deal with the sending the celesta back to Russia. What I am trying to find out is how Tchaikovsky came to know about the celesta when he was in Paris.

Does anyone know how Tchaikovsky came to know about the celesta?

Youth Arts In Action's Inspiring Artists series. Natalia Osipova interviewed by Youth Arts in Action mentors Maria Sascha Khan and Nadia Khan: Natalia Osipova Interview - Part I Natalia Osipova Interview - Part II

In case someone else comes across this problem I have been told the following: The celesta is a transposing instrument and it sounds an octave higher than the written pitch. However, if the performance music has been edited at a time when celestas were difficult to obtain the music will be written for a pianist to play and will be written at the sounding pitch. This means if this sheet music is then used by a musician playing a celesta he will have to transpose down an octave. I have been told there are recordings of Tchaikovksy's Voyevoda where the celesta is being played at the wrong pitch because of this confusing situation.

"One of the most eloquent of the voices of the body is the hand. It is its function to give completion to movement and gesture." José Limón http://balletbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/importance-of-hands.html

"Elegance in Exile: Between fashion and costume, Diaghilev’s time is housed in The Museum and Study Centre of the History of Fabrics and Costume at Palazzo Mocenigo, a 17th-century Gothic building that formerly belonged to one of Venice’s most noble families. It’s a fittingly grand choice of venue for this event. The exhibition, curated by Francesca Dalla Bernardina, features costumes of the Ballets Russes designed by artists such as Leon Bakst, Andre Derrain and Natalia Goncharova, whose take on colour was as stunningly original as anything achieved by the Fauvist painters, as well as fashion created and informed by the Russian émigrés who scattered all over Europe following the October Revolution. At the heart of this show is the lasting contribution Sergei Diaghilev made to culture. The pieces are sourced from the collections of Alexandre Vassiliev, a renowned fashion historian and a designer of costumes and sets, and Toni Candelero, a noted dancer and choreographer." http://www.behindballet.com/elegance-in-exile/

At the Sign of the Harlequin’s Bat My Years with Cyril Beaumont by Isabelle Stoughton Dance Books, Paperback 2011, 104 pages, illus. £10 http://www.ballet.co.uk/2011/12/book-at-the-sign-of-the-harlequins-bat-my-years-with-cyril-beaumont/

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Where Snowflakes Dance & Swear: Q&A with Stephen Manes interview by Emilia & Linda [The Ballet Bag] on 26 December 2011 http://www.theballet...-stephen-manes/

A blogger's "Ode to the Royal Danish Ballet", Tuesday 27 December 2011 http://rhymeswithdar...ish-ballet.html

TEDx Talk John Bohannon: Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal "Use dancers instead of powerpoint. That's science writer John Bohannon's "modest proposal." In this spellbinding choreographed talk from TEDxBrussels he makes his case by example, aided by dancers from Black Label Movement." http://www.ted.com/t...awesm-publisher The “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest http://gonzolabs.org/dance/ The Contest 2011 "The rules of the contest were simple: Each dance had to be based on a scientist's Ph.D. research, and that scientist had to be part of the dance. A record 55 dances were submitted to this year's contest, covering everything from psychology to astrophysics. Last week, 16 finalists were chosen by six previous winners of the contest. The finalists were then scored by a panel of judges that included scientists from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston University, as well as choreographers from Pilobolus and the entire dance cast of ." 'Dance Your Ph.D.' Winner Announced http://news.sciencem...-announced.html

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