With National Dance Week on the horizon I thought it was only fitting to recognize some of the world’s best ballerinas. Most dance fans already know about Anna Pavlova, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Maria Salle. But they were not the only noble men and women. Here’s a quick rundown to five more: Maria Anne de Cupis […]
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Spain, at the time of Cervantes, was already emerging from the Middle Ages, later than they would say Italy. It was a time when the horse was saturated with various stories and the youth market was concerned about those things. Cervantes therefore created Don Quixote, a kind of “different” soldier, and one where the author […]
“Man of La Mancha” is not your ordinary musician. With the drama “Les Mis” and the dark comedy of something like “Asssins” he definitely brought something new to the musical theater table. The characters and songs are truly iconic and the show is not to be missed. Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion created their score […]
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How many eager high school drama students poured out their hearts in the song “…to dream an impossible dream, to fight an invincible enemy…to bear unbearable pain where the brave dare not go?” It must be a small number. Maybe it’s me, but the words easily bring a lump to my throat. In 2005, Spain […]
In the novel Don Quixote and the story Tartuffe neither Don Quixote nor Orgon feared women. Don Quixote thought he was romantic and loved women, in particular his mistress, Aldonza Lorenzo, whom he called “Dulcinea del Toboso” (1531). Orgon was anything but romantic. He did not care for his wife Elmire and treated his daughter […]
The novel City of Glass, originally drawn by Paul Auster in 1985, was later adapted into a graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli in 2004. It is almost like Cervantes 1605 masterpiece Don Quixote in the error of the principal genius, and in the intention of the author. The graphic novels version of […]