Sad News For The Ballet World- Page 4

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 8:23pm

You would have loved her.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 8:29pm

oh, if you loved her than I'm sure I would have.

I'm sorry I never got the chance to know her.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 4:03pm

I always think of the words to Lord of the Dance when any dancer passes;
"You cut me down
But I jump up High,
I am the life that can never ever die.
I live in you as you live in me
And I am the Lord of the Dance said he.

So Dance, Dance wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance said he
and I lead you all, wherever you may be-
And I lead you all in the Dance said he"

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 9:04am

Mary Day, co-founder of the Washington School of Ballet, one of the nation's finest training grounds for classical dancers, and the grande dame of Washington ballet for six decades, died of complications from heart disease yesterday at her home in Washington. She was 96.

I was a student of Mary's and saw her just this past April.

I already miss you Miss Day.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 9:18am

I'm sorry for your loss, Glebby. And for the Ballet world's loss.

Thank you for sharing your connection to these wonderful people with us.

[beacon1]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 9:20am

Glebby,

Sorry for your loss. I'm glad you will carry such wonderful memories with you.

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 9:22am

That's so sad! Keep her in your heart, Glebb!
And wow, what an age!

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:49pm

i know you still cherish all she taught you. how wonderful for you to have known her.

*HUGS*

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:56pm

A teacher, a mentor, and an inspiration lost.

Thoughts to you and all of her students, Glebby.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 4:27pm

I never met her, but knew of her when I lived in DC, being involved in a dance non-profit and all...

A very sad loss...

[BwayBallerina2]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 4:49pm

I'm sorry, Glebby. I'll remember her in class tomorrow.

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:34pm

Today the great Melissa Hayden left us.
She was one of the very top names of New York City Ballet and a great teacher.
I met her when I was very young and still have my autographed 8X10. Ms. Hayden rest in peace.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:35pm

*hug*

[shira467]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:36pm

*hugs* to Glebby.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:41pm

Oh, Glebb.

Hold on to your memories. Cherish them.

*HUG*

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:49pm

RIP, Ms. Hayden. Feel better, Glebb!

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:52pm

Thank you all for your kind, sweet words.
I love that you care. I knew you would all want to be in the know.
Addy, Melissa was a major teacher of the young Gillian Murphy, our SYLVIA.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:53pm

I didn't know that! Weren't we lucky to see that ballet?!

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:54pm

:)

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:58pm

I can't believe I missed this earlier.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:00pm

Glebby... so difficult to see your teachers and mentors pass on. But they left a wonderful legacy in people like you.

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:02pm

Consider myself very lucky.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:12pm

Sad news indeed.

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/14/07 at 9:57am

Ann Barzel passed away yesterday at 101 years of age.
She was an avid collector and a great story teller.
Once while giving me a private tour of her collection at the Newberry Library, she asked if I would like to see Pavlova's pointe shoe and pulled it right off the shelf.

The following is my favorite part of her obituary by Sid Smith in today's Chicago Tribune.

(Petite and soft-spoken, Miss Barzel had an impish wit. Sometimes disdainful of modern dance, Miss Barzel, when passing a section of Twyla Tharp memorabilia in her collection a few years ago, quietly grumbled, "Twyla Twerp.")

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/14/07 at 10:05am

Pavlova's pointe shoe! Did you kiss it?

The curator of the Theater Collection at the Princeton University library once took our a box of Katherine Cornell's effects and showed me Miss Cornell's (rather ample) brassiere.

I, of course, held it up to my chest and looked for a mirror.