by Neil | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
…discovered by Fran Kirmser, Director of Strategic Marketing and Special Events, Martha Graham Dance Company, at her favorite independent bookshop, Books on the Common, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
by Neil | Jan 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Martha Graham taught at the Juilliard School from 1951-1977. And there she was again, gracing the window of The Juilliard Store on West 66th Street in Manhattan, for all the world to see, in celebration of International Choreographers Day. Strolling by, I am reminded...
by Neil | Dec 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
A fine pre-holiday winter evening in Manhattan, as I make my way down town on the west side of Broadway through throngs of darkly-clad young people, out and about, strolling couples, groups of friends waiting in line for a scoop of gelato, wining and dining at leisure...
by Neil | Dec 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the afternoon of December 2, under the community-based auspices of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures, NB was honored to take lunch with principal Melissa A. Pearlman, dance chair James Washington Manning, and the dance and creative nonfiction faculty of Pittsburgh CAPA...
by Neil | Dec 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the evening of December 1, 2022, NB read from Martha Graham – When Dance Became Modern, focusing upon the Graham technique, beautifully demonstrated by dance students from Point Park University, led by Graham dancer/alum Prof. Jesse Factor. A revelatory...
by Neil | Nov 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was at work on my biography of Man Ray in the fall of 1984, chatting with Virgil Thomson at his rooms in the Chelsea Hotel, and he urged me to call upon the composer Ned Rorem — “Man knew him in Paris in the ’50’s,” Thomson told me. I...
