SAY SO

2 years plus since i posted anything on this blog - I use http://Tony_Green.typepad.com all the time & http://Tony_Green.typepad.com/pouhu - but maybe I'll post to this one as well from time to time -

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in Christchurch Sunday to Wednesday morning -- Kristin Hollis hanging her big show 'Cat Farmer' with Felicity Milburn & Gavin Buxton -- opened Tuesday evg -- see photos on http://Tony_Green.typepad.com -- I made brief opening speech - then partied at Kristin's house -- good company good food & wine & Latin CDs -- Cubismo -- Leah Hartley & I had a good time treasure hunting in Smith's 3 floors of 2nd hand books & to my surprise records: 78s. Wednesday a.m. carried 15 of them onto the plane. Robert Radford, Angelo Roselli, Miliza Korjus, Lucrezia Bori, Lex McDonald mentioned in letter by Toss Woollaston Dunedin boy-soprano 1930s with severely unpleasant high notes singing Schubert and Brahms, early Gigli Quanto e bella & a replacement for Ponselle/Martinelli O terra addio [Aida] that Judi threw away or lost 10 years ago & more. In midst of activity in Chch txts from Stefan to say he & Zeudi won a comp in Verona -- first in rumba paso doble & jive -- & with open judging [judges show their marks] they beat favourites, ranked 50 places higher by the IDSF & won prize-money

I started this blog becasue it was easy to use when I was away from home -- but I've left it stagnant since August '05 -- all my attention has been on http://Tony_Green.typepad.com -- with new poems 3-d presentation of poems. I shd resume...

Alice & Olivia have both finished their gymn competiiton careers --injuries. Alice was 12th overall in the British & 2nd on Beam & has a heavy gong to prove it. They are both studying Nutrition at the North shore [Albany] campus of Massey University.

Stefan & Zeudi are still dancing in Italy. Results variable as ever, but always making progress. At Bassano Latin International Open they were 13th=. This month they dance in Rimini and Slovakia. Stefan sent video of their April performance for Team Diablo [chacha & rumba] and their demo for Sportel in Montecarlo -- a little theatrical jive.

I'm dancing (Social, Intermediate) with Sheryl at Ucan2 in Albany this year - hoping toes, knee & back stay in good condition.

Sylvia Nash's biography of John Nash Jr [Touchstone 1998] spares nothing to get at the complexities of Nash's work, his aggressive competitive behaviour as a young man, his delusional psychotic illness, the terrible treatment, his homosexual relationships, his mistress of four years and the son she bore him, his marriage, the near-complete remission of his illness, and the psychotic illness of the son of his marriage. It's a sad tale of a difficult life. Anyone who has ben near to a friend or relation who has a psychotic illness will find it has a terrrible accuracy. Reading it brings renewed pain and grief. The movie falls a long way short of the book

Same Story -- German Open Grand Slam -- Stefan & Zeudi after qualifying rounds made the 3rd round proper, the round of 98, placed 84=.

Other news:
My reading of Philostratus' "Imagines" is on http://Tony_Green. -- notes on artifice/illusion in painting.

At the same time I'm slowly making my way through the John Nash Jr bio: "A Beautiful Mind" -- of course, it's not at all like a movie, let alone The movie. The prose is readable, but not as good a read as the Spurling "The Unknown Matisse" . As with many bios, a lot of interesting material comes to light about the context, the other persons, institutions and circumstances. In this one -- so far -- the account of Nash's time at Princeton and then at the RAND Corporation are really informative. Sylvia Nasar is able, and this taks some doing, to write about the mathematics in a readable summary that makes sense of it. The story about Nash trying to kick the pigeons [transfered to Princeton in the movie] comes from the blue-collar staff of RAND watching him in the street and complaining to the management.

Stefan & Zeudi made the third round only [top 96] --they were placed 67th.

So far so good -- Stefan & Zeudi [no.79] have made round 2 of the qualifying -- I'll update as news comes thru

Stefan & Zeudi were the only English-registered couple dancing.
N.B.The system for all rounds before the final is based on judges' votes.
They scored 6s & 7s for the 1st round, a total of 33 [cf the 6 finalists all in the mid-50s].
The results for the 2nd round were a bit strange, 6s except for 5 in Samba & a surprising 4 in Paso, usually their better dances.
They were among the last qualifiers for the 3rd round, with a total of just 26.
However, they attracted sufficient favourable attention to come, overall, 18th = . [6 places away from Semi-final]. Scores: Samba 4, Cha cha 3, Rumba 2, Paso only 1, Jive 3: total 13.