Comments on: Open thread 6/2/23 https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 03 Jun 2023 11:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: desertowl https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682422 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 11:57:08 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682422 Ulanova seems so disappointed throughout this clip. I’d venture: She’s trying to transfer something inside herself by modeling the gestures she wants to see, but what _she_ sees – probably poor imitations—tells her it’s not working. Her students aren’t receiving her internal message. If she could get them to feel what she feels, the gestures would flow naturally from them.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682397 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:34:33 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682397 …an utter lack of ego or narcissism.

neo:

Yes. I tried to put my impression of her into words and came up with: “It’s like she wasn’t there.”

Which could sound belittling, so I didn’t include it.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682392 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:00:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682392 huxley:

Ulanova was one of the most remarkable dancers ever. Her forte was not overwhelming technique or a stunningly beautiful swanlike body. She was the personification of grace and her dancing had a transcendent and luminous quality. How she did it I don’t know, but I think it was connected to an utter lack of ego or narcissism.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682386 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:59:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682386 Of course that should be Ulanova.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682383 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:52:49 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682383 I’ve watched the Galina Ulanov clip 5x now. I can’t figure its fascination. Certainly, the movements are beautiful.

(Though I wonder about this quote on the YouTube page:
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Three former Mariinsky/Kirov ballerinas coaching épaulement and arms. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, such things were actually taught 😉__________________________)

Ulanov has such presence and precision. She’s the silver-haired Teacher passing it down to the next generation and she’s right there for them.

I recall a story about the renowned cellist, Pablo Caslas. In his elder years he had his physical problems, but those would melt away when he met with younger players because he had something to give.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682359 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 23:13:53 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682359 the beatings will continue until morale…

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682358 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 23:09:25 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682358 Just as we’re getting rid of Rachel Walensky at the CDC, Biden is poised to nominate Mandy Cohen, our very own North Carolina COVID authoritarian, who pushed masks, mandates, and school closures far, far longer than anyone else in this region.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682354 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:50:59 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682354 well spanish has plu perfect tenses which I found aggravating, one is conditional the other is descriptive,
https://spanish.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/using-se-deben-and-se-pueden-infinitive-to-say-you-must-and-you-can-passive

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682353 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:48:55 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682353 Philip Sells:

I’m sure if anyone here has said “need not have,” if only once or twice, it would be you! 🙂

Nonetheless, it boggles my mind there are ESL (English-as-a-second-language) textbooks out there which explain, drill and test students on the distinction between “needn’t have” and “didn’t have.”

There’s a difference which doesn’t make a difference.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/06/02/open-thread-6-2-23/#comment-2682351 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:47:27 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125851#comment-2682351 “Needn’t have” does sound more commonly British rather than American.

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