Genius Tales
What is it about stories that demand retelling? We are human, we like stories. We tell them to each other, …
What is it about stories that demand retelling? We are human, we like stories. We tell them to each other, …
It is possible, in a single week, to see both the sublime and the ridiculous in almost anything. Exhibit #1: …
A revisit to New York City Ballet recently set me thinking about families, and forgiveness, and welcome. One of Balanchine’s …
In a documentary about the late English ballerina Margot Fonteyn, her one-time partner Robert Helpmann said that she had a …
On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Opera, I saw the magnificent Nina Stemme sing the title role in Strauss’ …
“And death shall have no dominion”, the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas asserts, paraphrasing St. Paul and making a lyrical case …
The figures of Romeo and Juliet are so iconic in western culture, and the notion of Shakespeare’s “star-cross’d” lovers so …
Abstract. Decorative. Illustrative. Evocative. Narrative. Story. Full-length. 19th Century. 20th Century. Modern. Traditional. There are a number of words that …
The good fortune of being exposed to excellence in the arts makes one wonder what it is that takes a …
William Shakespeare’s plays have be re-interpreted in so many different media over so many centuries that it would be nearly …