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Re: HAUNTED BY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON :)

Anne Coburn Whitmore — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:12:24 -0000

Christ! - I'm such a moron ... I don't think I've yet to ever say congratulations on your readings, on your book! So sorry! This is so exciting! I very much enjoyed the excerpt, and am looking forward to more! ...

[side note: That's so funny about the "Wheeldon 'ghost'-sighting" - things/experiences like that seem to happen to me, too - and freakishly way too often. ;)]

... I think I share your love of pearls ;) ... of Oscar Wilde ! ... and, of course, of ballet!! --
I wish I shared your talent for writing!

Re: HAUNTED BY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON :)

Hebgen Lake Marina — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:05:42 -0000

Cornejo is really one of the best, The show is really great I was really impress with the other characters, If ever I had a chance I will watch it again

Re: HAUNTED BY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON :)

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:22:15 -0000

Thanks you guys! Yes, Oscar Wilde and H.L. Mencken both said that critics are artists as well, Jolene! Claudia La Rocco pointed me to that (or at least to Wilde's writings on the critic as artist). And Dorothy Parker might have said the same... And I do think it's true. Creative artists (the choreographers, novelists, etc.) need to remember that and respect that as well. I think the key word is respect -- as long as everyone treats everyone else with a fundamental respect. Like, I'm not ever sarcastic or mean-spirited; I'm just trying to take the art seriously, trying to figure it out, and looking at it with a critical eye in terms of what's best about it and what could be improved.

I know, I don't really know what to call myself either :) Citizen journalist with opinions is good!

Re: HAUNTED BY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON :)

jolene — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:49:48 -0000

Congrats, Tonya! That's super exciting, and it's always nice to hear that people enjoy your work. I hate acting too - I'll still have nightmares about "accidentally" walking into a drama master class given by Ron K. Brown's Evidence dance company - our dance criticism class (the group that writes rather than dances) joined without knowing what it really entailed. And of course I got paired with a professional dancer to act out a really intense scene... *shudder*

Anyways. That's funny about Chris Wheeldon. I think it's a good experience though, because as critics/journalists, we are "artists" in a sense that others can read a critic's writing and have opinions about it as well, e.g. that was a bad review, that was written well, etc. People are free to not like someone's writing and even react negatively to it. And I think experiences like yours can breed a sort of empathy for the people that critics write about. Writers and dancers share a sort of vulnerability that opens us both up to judgment for the general public. Hm, I hope that made sense.

ugh it's always so awkward, b/c I feel so uncomfortable saying that I'm a critic. I'm not. I'm a citizen journalist with opinions. ;)

Herman is amazing. On top of perfect technique, it's his artistry that floors me.

Re: HAUNTED BY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON :)

Taylor — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:20:06 -0000

Congrats on the successful reading! If I had known I would've come ;) Glad it went well.

And agreed, Cornejo is amazing. Loved him as the slave in Corsaire.