Matisse and Me
#matisse
#vence
#chapelle matisse
#chappelledurosaire
Christmas at La Colombe d’Or (and in front of the arresting Braque I eyed throughout dinner. ). In spite of the intense blue sky (2) it felt so much like Christmas in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Discovering backstage mysteries at the Nutcracker. Does wonder ever leave us?
@nycballet #georgebalanchinesthenutcracker @maddiericca elizabethkendall @taylorwestttt @josephinemetcalf @kathryn.schmechel @jefferson.margo @arianasursock #christmasinnewyork @dior #barjacket jo_jo_metcalf
Holiday party for my favorite young women in NYC — including the effervescent @kathryn.schmechel —at the Nutcracker, including backstage tour, inspection of the Karinska costumes, Ruinart, and, of course , ballet, with a very elegant Sugarplum Fairy, @ashleylaracey .
Thank you @maddiericca of New York City Ballet for so graciously helping me organize what is becoming an annual tradition!
@nycballet #karinska #georgebalanchinesthenutcracker @whwri @ruinart #barjacket @dior
Oh la la! What would Messieurs Dior and Grandpierre say this Sunday morning?
@dior @diormaison #newyorktimes
Outtake from Anthony Roth Constanza gala at the Paris Opera.
Gala at Palais Garnier: magisterial Parisian debut of countertenor Anthony Roth Constanza.
So much can be compressed into a week . After five days filled with auditioning actors for the audiobook, a first marketing meeting, and the cover reveal of* Feel the Floor: Restoring the Life and Legacy of jazz choreographer Buddy Bradley* it is fantastical to think I was in Bordeaux last weekend. It’s interesting to consider,too, how interwoven western history is. Bordeaux it turns out, owed its wealth, cultural capital, and architecture largely to the Triangle Trade— as did Boston, Newport, Salem, Hartford, New London, directly or indirectly.
I’ve spent the past couple of hours pouring over the audition tapes for the audiobook of Feel the Floor. Every voice is beautiful and each actor brings a different nuance to the reading. It is not an easy choice! When I wrote the book, I heard the words in my head, often I would even read out loud to make sure the text flowed , now it is surreal to hear my words interpreted by another.
#buddybradleyjazzchoreographer
#jazzdance
#jazzdancemoderndance
#feelthefloorrestoringthelifeandlegacyofjazzchoreographerbuddybradley
#feelthefloor
#buddybradley
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A weekend in Bordeaux. The stately city owes much to its proximity to Saint Emilion, whose limestone rich soil produced the stone that built the 18th century city . (2). In a case of perfect symbiosis of architecture and oenology those excavations also gave rise to naturally insulated caves for maturing wine (3)- .
#bordeaux
#wineandarchitecture
#travelsinfrance
#saintemilion
#buddybradleyjazzchoreographer
#harlemrenaissance
#tapdance
#jazzdancetapdance
#feelthefloorthelifeandlegacyofjazzchoreographerbuddybradley
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