Watching one of these period dramas is the closest thing to curling up with a long juicy favorite book whose pages have gone that deliscious shade of creamy yellow.
I watched The Young Victoria leaning back on soft soft plump cushions and sipping peach iced tea. How luxurious is that! Being fond of this genre of [...]
I’ve often mentioned this brilliant, brilliant photographer (and writer), Sridhar Sankar. He works at the same company I do, but his heart and soul seems to be permanently in Ladakh. In fact, he shoots off there at the slightest opportunity and comes back (rather reluctantly) with stunning photographs, each of which looks like a painting. [...]
I’m toying seriously with the idea of taking a holiday from dancing. Not to do nothing and not because I’m bored of it (that can’t happen) but because I want to focus on yoga and pilates for a while. If I try to do both, I end up spending so much of the time on [...]
Love Potion is just a few days away to reaching me and I’m really looking forward to that. A nice lively dancey workout is totally welcome anytime – and the wonders that Neon, Blanca and Sarah will do with such a workout makes it even more welcome.
But I must say that I’m even more excited [...]
I got Fantasy Bellydance in the mail today and have just begun watching it. I thought though I’d post bits as I go along…
Autumn Ward
Autumn probably has the best “dance face” I’ve seen yet. She’s infectiously animated and joyous. And it’s amazing how much vitality and energy this brings to her performance. Raqs Europa is [...]
When I get a new DVD, I tend to head straight for the choroegraphy and polish that off. I did that with Ranya’s Modern Egyptian with the result that I just sort of know the moves without really getting the Egyptian stylization. With Blanca’s Sensual Bellydance DVD, tackling the choreography first didn’t seem to make [...]
This week has been “Autumn Week” for me. I haven’t had the chance to dance much, unfortunately, so I may well extend my little program to the next week as well.
Basically, I found that I’m trying too hard and sticking doggedly to the instructional programs I want to work with. None of them are about [...]
What a shocking horrible story! And so beautifully acted!
Dame Jud i Dench, with a voice and enunciation that few others in the world possess, is the narrator of this story. She reads to us from her diary as she writes it, telling us what she wants to from her point of view. Barbara (Judi Dench) [...]
…it means something. But what? A good cat-owned person should know. But if you’re clueless, find out at the Infinite Cat Project site. Also read lots of other cat tales.
When an instructional video, no matter what its subject, expects the learner to do-along, it must fulfill a bunch of criteria. At least that’s the way I see it! To put it in a nutshell, the instructor must visualize the many ways a learner could be learning with that video.
When I sift through the [...]