"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Well, it’s around three o’clock on my blog’s clock, which for some reason is set on London time, and we’re approaching the moment when the oldest ladies would fall asleep. I am one of the oldest ladies. But I kept you company so far, and...
On this long, long night of stories, I would feel bad for leaving out the Russian dance, so here we are. It's not one of my favourite pieces, so I'll most likely be brief. 3. The Nutcracker Piece by Piece (5) 3.5. Russian Dance: the music The Russian...
Between the Chinese and the Arab Dance, both the Nutcracker Suite and Fantasia place another dance, the Dance of the Flutes or Dance of the Reed Flutes. Let us go back to them, though, and then all we're missing is the Russian Dance and the...
I hope you guys are not expecting to have a story each hour for the whole night, because that's not going to happen. Still, the Arab Dance dance was one of my favourite pieces when I was a child, I was a bit of an orientalist,...
Edit: for some reason, this article became quite popular. The comment section is closed, but you should read this: it's a comment from a Chinese-American reader, drawing the attention to the cultural controversy surrounding this particular piece, which is still staged in a very harmful way. An...
In few days time, for our Sunday story, I will publish something about Disney's Fantasia and, in particular, something around The Pastoral Symphony, originally intended to be a more obscure mash-up between a French ballet and a Russian opera. It is only fair, however, that...
The greatness of a man is measured by the amount of people he is able to touch. Today, another great man has passed away and I cannot even begin to describe how inspirational it is to know he had decided to dedicate himself to work...
If you do win an award, tonight Pl- don't use this as a platform to make a political speech, right? You are in no position to lecture the public, about anything, you know nothing about the real world: most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg, so, if...
Yeah. I know. I am not and I have never been a Spider-man fan. I hate the sucker. Therefore, you know what to expect from this review. But can you, though? Despite my aversion, we were in withdrawal and this pretty much was the only movie in Original...
I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan. I know I already wrote this on several occasions, but allow me one more time. Among his works, considering only novels and short stories, Neverwhere holds the sceptre but I'm not indifferent to this novel either. Good Omens: The...
