I am reading
Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet. (Thanks, Dagny!) It is totally awesome. But the best part is all the stuff I look at because of this book. Like I am reading about Anna Pavlova and I google her (love google!) and find this website called
The Ballerina Gallery and they have pictures of her. And then I am reading about Stravinsky and The Firebird and find this awesome series of youtube videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWRvhLrP3U8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSAcqQnj7yw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixQn-QAWjY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVuc19PbeQU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRbXa6lZy4&feature=related
Seriously, thank you Jennifer Homans and modern technology.
I definitely need to get my hands on this book! I've heard about it far too often. I think it's high time to give it a read.
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