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- Sep 10, 2005
Gorey..hm, every seen "Mystery" on PBS? He drew the opening credits. Also a famous writer/illustrator with a very distinct style. And he also, for a span of about twenty or so years, saw every show the NYCB did. I mean every PERFORMANCE. Like, every lousy matinee, every Nutcracker, everything. A couple of his little books, "The Gilded Bat" and "The Lavender Leotard or, Fifty Seasons of the New York City Ballet" are ballet-themed. (Lavender Leotard is full of in-jokes about NYCB, from sets and costumes to a nudge at Ballanchine's choreography.) I adore Gorey's macabre little books, and because of him I was curious and got into Ballanchine's works, as much as I can see of them, anyway.
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m113.htm
There's a review/description of a show of Gorey's poster art. (I have a lithograph of the print at the top of the page. One of the few pieces he did in color.)
Heh. I have just enough time for skating, thanks! (And may be off the ice for the rest of the week--stupid knee. I broke it dancing when I was fourteen, and tonight it popped and felt odd enough I went in for x-rays. I am TOO YOUNG TO BE LOSING CARTILAGE, DAMMIT! Suzanne Farrell made it to 39 before she needed a hip replacement, and I really don't think ice dance is that stressful on the legs, and it's not like I dance en pointe! Yes, I don't like injuries. They annoy me.)
But I do think that skaters can take a lot from ballet. Especially a mentality like Ballanchine's, about creating shapes in space. Skating is like that, only moving faster.
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m113.htm
There's a review/description of a show of Gorey's poster art. (I have a lithograph of the print at the top of the page. One of the few pieces he did in color.)
Heh. I have just enough time for skating, thanks! (And may be off the ice for the rest of the week--stupid knee. I broke it dancing when I was fourteen, and tonight it popped and felt odd enough I went in for x-rays. I am TOO YOUNG TO BE LOSING CARTILAGE, DAMMIT! Suzanne Farrell made it to 39 before she needed a hip replacement, and I really don't think ice dance is that stressful on the legs, and it's not like I dance en pointe! Yes, I don't like injuries. They annoy me.)
But I do think that skaters can take a lot from ballet. Especially a mentality like Ballanchine's, about creating shapes in space. Skating is like that, only moving faster.
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