'The Tale of Two Bad Mice' - Royal Ballet

[Qbendanny]

BTW, I visited the great and mystical country of Peru (I went to Macchu Pichu). At the Nacional Theater in Lima, in the lobby, there is a costume belonging to Pavlova that I think is from "La Cachucha" colors red,orange, and green. and it had the smallest waist I have ever seen, I think smaller than Scarlet O' Hara's 14in in GWTW!!!

[nickwallacesmith]

hi Qbendanny - wow - i had no sense of pavlova being particularly petite - slim yes but not necessarily wasp-waisted! envy your travel in south america and Macchu Pichu - i've actually planned trips there but not put one into practice - soon maybe!

[Qbendanny]

@nickwallacesmith - It is said that Mae West (Ohh, Come up and see me sometime...) had a very, very, small waist, and we know she had a huge trunk. I was in Macchu Pichu 32 yrs. ago, it was still wild and un-Disney like. It is absolutely magical. The National Theater in Lima is a jewel. The Spanish did several things very well, build Churches, Theaters, and wipe out Indian populations.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi Qbendanny - maybe mae west underwent the air-brush transformation to many did ... often dancers had what were in fact big feet turned into the finest sleekest ones. and i know what you mean about the Disney-ing of places - i went to far out islands in the philippines where you ate by a kerosene lamp on the beach ... and now there's Club Med - BTW, there are still lots of old spanish buildings there - they arrived in the country in 1521 - one city - Vigan - is still as it was now

[Qbendanny]

I wish New York City mice were like this. Absolutely delicious, and SOO Ashton who was a truly talented Big child. His "Fille" and use of farm animals is the greatest ever. I had never seen this and LOVE it!! CSB! Gracias! ( I love the selection of the DonQ music) just perfect.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi Qbendanny - 'delicious' is the word. and yes, there's a similarity with 'fille' - the gentle way he can inhabit a child's world - there's something is this same trait with the ugly sisters in 'cinderella' don't you think?

i met ashton as a kid in london a few times and once when it was raining and i had a book with me he said 'that book should be wearing a mackintosh' - same sweet fantasy

[Qbendanny]

@nickwallacesmith - Totally, from what I have seen of Ashton's choreography, I believe he had a natural gift for comedy and the farse of human behavior. His Cinderella is untouchable like McMillan's R&J is. Patineurs(I saw Misha and Bujones in it). Sylvia, I love, I LOVE Bithday Offering and I think abstract, plotless, suited him very well. BUT, M&A is soo boring, and his R&J pas' the same. Drama wasn't for him I don't think. I love that personal story with Sir Ken.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi Qbendanny - such a gentle sweet sense of comedy - nothing heavy handed or harsh - and i totally (but totally) dislkied M and A - watched it a lot cos it was the only one of a very few things fonteyn was doing at the end of her career but .... ughhh!