PAUL FITZPATRICK Paul Fitzpatrick, age 43 of Dewitt, Michigan, passed away peacefully in his home on September 9, 2023, after a long and brave battle with cancer. Paul was born in Cheboygan, Michigan on January 28, 1980, and was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He was a graduate of
For her first engagement as Vice-Patron of the Royal Academy of Dance, the Duchess of Cornwall attended the On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100 at the Victoria and Albert Museum with Dame Darcey Bussell. They were shown the exhibition by Jane Pritchard, the Curator of Dance, Theatre and Performance at the V&A, and…
From the music hall to ballet royalty: A British tale
tudents demonstrate a dance for Margot Fonteyn and others in 1972. The history of the Royal Academy of Dance, outlined at an exhibition in London, is synonymous with the history of ballet in Britain. Felix Fonteyn via The New York Times.
by Roslyn Sulcas
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- It is absolute nonsense to say that the English temperament is not suited for dancing, Edouard Espinosa, a London dance teacher, said in 1916. It was only a lack of skilled teaching, he added, that prevented the emergence of perfect dancers. Espinosa was speaking to a reporter from Ladys Pictorial about a furor that he had caused in the dance world with this idea: Dance instructors, he insisted, should adhere to standards and be examined on their work.
Corrections: Jan. 9, 2021
Jan. 8, 2021
NATIONAL
An article on Friday about President Trump’s allies in media and politics after the storming of the National Capitol by a pro-Trump mob referred incorrectly to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Mr. Blake was seriously injured; he did not die.
ARTS & LEISURE
An article on Page 9 about the Royal Academy of Dance misstates in several instances the surname of the archives and records manager at the academy. She is Eleanor Fitzpatrick, not Fitzgerald.
MAGAZINE
An article on Jan. 3 about monoliths referred incorrectly to the monoliths in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” While they appear four times in the film, only one appears after the “vortex of light” sequence.