Thought for the Day...
“It was well known that Madame Danilova, the famous teacher and former ballerina with the Ballet Russe, had a phrase that she would always repeat whenever anyone gushed to her about the performance of a danseur. The phrase was, "Yes, but I saw Nijinsky." So one night, Madame came to see the Nijinsky program, the homage to the Ballet Russe with Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet. Afterward, she went backstage where she was received with utmost respect by Nureyev. "Rudolf," she said, "you know what I always say." He answered with humility, "Yes, Madame. I do." And she said, "This time, I do not say it." That's about the highest praise I can imagine for one of the two greatest dancers of the 20th century, both gone way too soon."
— Lin Hiril
Birthdays:
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus
1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc: Chaconne
1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais: Grands Motets, and Usquequo Domine - Illumina oculos meos, and Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid
1743 Luigi Boccherini: Quintet, Op. 30, No. 6 "Passa Calle", and "Fandango" from Quintetto in D Major
1917 Carson McCullers
Miscellany:
"THERE ARE NO SOLUTIONS, ONLY TRADE-OFFS." Why I Am Against Saving the Planet
HOW SURPRISING. Approximately Zero
FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration
SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth
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