Good morning, all! For the first time since my return from LA, I allowed myself to sleep late, and I feel wonderful: aimless and vague, but wonderful.
DR George! Fantastic news. My frst bit of advice is to keep the refrigerator power on and let everything in the freezer freeze so you can throw out chunks of ice not buckets of water.
DR BK, thanks for the kind words on The Brain. I miss the show and the cast and you immensely and I weep for its current end. I hope the cast will keep in touch, and that we get to do more with The Brain or work on something new. I hope you'll send me a rough mix before the final so I can make a few uggestions, but I do wish I could be there with you, DR Adriana and all tomorrow, if just to see you all one more time!
Last night, I watched the ballet, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, from England's Northern Ballet Theatre, with a wonderful score composed from Christmas and 19th-Century music by Carl Davis, who often takes the tunes and makes delicious new music from them, much like the late great Hershy Kay ballets for Balanchine. I love the Dickens story, and I found the power of movement quite heartbreaking in spots - the pas de deux for Belle and Young Scrooge when she breaks the engagement, the Christmas future wherein Bob Cratchit, dancing with his family, runs into the dead Tiny Tim's cruch and mourns - more moving and powerful than in any spoken version. It's quite wonderful and I think I'll watch it a few more times in the next weeks.
Documentaries: The COMPANY cast recording, ELAINE STRITCH, BALLETS RUSSES
