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Dec 28, 20219 min read
Blog 72: Sacred Monsters
72. Sacred Monsters: “La Valse”, “Dune” and “Pessoa”, reviewed by Pippa Hammet When Albertine requested last week that electronic chips...
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M.P.
Nov 7, 20219 min read
Blog 71: Art Supplies
71. Art Supplies: An Editorial on Aesthetic Appreciations, by Michael Porter We can all agree that works of art fulfill many...
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M.P.
Sep 19, 202110 min read
Blog 70: Tertium Quid
70. Tertium Quid: “The Green Knight” and Patricia Wilde’s Sanguinic, reviewed by Pippa Hammet Mme Sesostris insisted that I take a look...
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M.P.
Aug 13, 202110 min read
Blog 69: Aliens
69. Aliens: UFO Report, Henry James, and “Chips” Channon, reviewed by Sandy It is my sad duty to report, having read the just-released...
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M.P.
Jul 4, 20219 min read
Blog 68: Solipsisms
68. Solipsisms: “8½” restoration at Film Forum, reviewed by Cheryl S. When I think back on the origin of my Nekomata pas de deux, I...
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M.P.
Jun 13, 202110 min read
Blog 67: Triangulations
67. Triangulations: The letters of James Merrill and “La Piscine”, reviewed by Sandy Louise Ebersdorf has asked me to plan our evening...
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M.P.
May 27, 20218 min read
Blog 66: Interventions
66. Interventions: N.Y.C.B. Virtual Spring Gala and “French Exit”, reviewed by Pippa Hammet Mme Sesostris has been steadfastly...
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M.P.
May 13, 20218 min read
Blog 65: Empires
65. Empires: “Citizen Kane” and “Mank” at the Paris, reviewed by Cheryl S. An email from Liane Beach has just reassured us that she is...
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M.P.
Apr 27, 202110 min read
Blog 64: Dance Details
64. Dance Details: Lifar, Forsythe, and Teicher, by Pippa Hammet Where is Madame Beach when you need her? I have been watching dance...
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M.P.
Apr 11, 202110 min read
Blog 63: Catalysts
63. Catalysts: Fictions by H. James and J. Coe, reviewed by Sandy I recently asked Florian, who has Seen It All and Knows All, what I...
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M.P.
Mar 27, 202110 min read
Blog 62: Expositions and Development
62. Expositions and Development: Pianists Past and Present, by Pippa Hammet To get some chilled fresh air, I took a walk to my local...
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M.P.
Mar 17, 202110 min read
Blog 61: Transcendence
61. Transcendence: Fictions by Hemingway and Oyler, reviewed by Master Raro I’ve been reading novels during the pandemic, and Pippa has...
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M.P.
Feb 23, 202110 min read
Blog 60: Turn
60. Turn: “The Power of Adrienne Rich”, reviewed by Cheryl S. My holiday gift from Liane Beach (who must have arranged for its delivery...
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M.P.
Feb 8, 20219 min read
Blog 59: Salvage
59. Salvage: Tiepolo-Fellini-Trifonov, by Pippa Hammet Master Raro took our leader, Louise Ebersdorf, to a YourMed one block north of...
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M.P.
Jan 26, 202110 min read
Blog 58: Magician
58. Magician: Cary Grant biography and movies, reviewed by Cheryl S. Between binge-watching old movies and new insurrections, Sandy and...
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M.P.
Jan 10, 202111 min read
Blog 57: High Signs
57. High Signs: Henry James and Buster Keaton, reviewed by Pippa Hammet The Louise Ebersdorf Reading Group held a meeting last week,...
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M.P.
Dec 28, 202010 min read
Blog 56: Game Plans
56. Game Plans: Movie and book reviews by Cheryl S. Now that Sandy (my friend and choreographer) and I have completed work on our new...
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M.P.
Dec 14, 202010 min read
Blog 55: Near and Far
55. Near and Far: New monograph “Alex Katz”, reviewed by Master Raro Our dear employer Louise has decided to include video facilities...
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M.P.
Nov 29, 202013 min read
Blog 54: Public Service Announcement
54. Public Service Announcement: New Dance Videos, reviewed by Pippa Hammet Master Raro and I have been watching current dance videos...
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M.P.
Nov 9, 202011 min read
Blog 53: Immersion
53. Immersion: Film Noir and Ballet Video, reviewed by Master Raro “Time and tide wait for no man” is a truism perfectly descriptive of...
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