tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post7678547096975604463..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Automata, French styleDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-39215355715547401412010-06-25T08:14:04.296+01:002010-06-25T08:14:04.296+01:00Thanks, Minnie, as ever. Doesn't a pony pull a...Thanks, Minnie, as ever. Doesn't a pony pull a cart on stage in La fille mal gardee? I guess that might have kept you happy for a couple of seconds if your mother took you to see it. But the Lippizaner horses pirouetting in Vienna might have been a better bet.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-52447854868629504902010-06-25T08:08:44.645+01:002010-06-25T08:08:44.645+01:00Bravo, David! Un grand merci from stonyhearted fol...Bravo, David! Un grand merci from stonyhearted follower in process of re-education. Poor balletomane Mother must have thought she'd given birth to a whole parcel of serpents' teeth, as I frowned & fidgeted through many a matinée @ The Garden, preferring ponies. So the Ninette de Valois version = v familiar (frown, fidget). <br />Look forward to the broadcast. You're the best kind of critic: one who illuminates as much as criticises.<br />And, yes, I did enjoy the comparative show this morning!Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com