Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

The last time you were splurging at the Vuitton branch on Nevsky–did you know that you were in the building where Nijinsky had his last St. Petersburg apartment? It was very spacious and he lived there with his sister and … Continue reading →

Nora White Shattuck’ s family just gave her a big fete for her 90th. Several weeks ago, she called to tell me she’d liked the Ballet Review interview. I waited until the festivities had ended to call her, and apologize … Continue reading →

Responding to what Laura and I parley-ed about Serenade, Anna Dembowski writes: “I would love to write like Laura. However I disagree with her. Balanchine may have been ‘stylizing away from the moment’ in the 1970’s. But Diana Adams’ performance … Continue reading →

from the new Army Chief of Staff. Under-reported, naturally, by the “mainstream” media, but Mark Karlin at Truthout isn’t shy about pondering how ominous these words are.

I have over the past several days, and I picked them myself.  Some were a little over ripe from the sun, but however mushy or bruised in parts they were all-systems-delicious. It’s like those “Maverick” pears from Harry & David, … Continue reading →

But did you have to get THAT over them?? That’s what I’d like to say to a friend of mine who recently died of something HIV related. When I first knew him decades ago he wasn’t a virgin, wasn’t closeted, … Continue reading →

“Bellevue: Health Care for the 99 %” Saw it on someone and asked about it. Seems it sold out at the Bellevue gift shop. It was printed to go along with a marathon in which Bellevue staff was participating. It’s … Continue reading →

brightened our Manhattan shores twice (so far) this year– once, to tape for the Balanchine Foundation her coaching Balanchine’s Sonatine in February, and then second, to teach at the School of American Ballet in May. At SAB she also coached … Continue reading →

sometimes it’s really nice to see classically oriented ballet dancers do something totally  Neo. Case in point: Baryshnikov with Browne, Carberry, and Dunham in a scaled-down Who Cares? for Dance in America from the late-1980s. It wasn’t fashionable or even … Continue reading →

You know how low the bar’s been set. I’ve already written about that softball she tried to throw Jeb, and how he fumbled only by failing to catch it–the “if you knew then what you know now” pitch on Iraq. … Continue reading →