Tu N’est Pas Beau (Lyrics)

(i learned this French Art Song, and forgot the second verse.  A bear to find it again on the web, so I’m posting it for my own archive)

La Périchole

Tu n’es pas beau, tu n’es pas riche,
Tu manques tout à fait d’esprit;
Tes gestes sont ceux d’un godiche,
D’un saltimbanque dont on rit.
Le talent, c’est une autre affaire:
Tu n’en as guère, de talent…
De ce qu’on doit avoir pour plaire
Tu n’as presque rien, et pourtant…

Je t’adore, brigand, j’ai honte à l’avouer;
Je t’adore et ne puis vivre sans t’adorer.

II
Je ne hais pas la bonne chère…
On dînait chez ce vice-roi,
Tandis que toi, toi, pauvre hère,
Je mourais de faim avec toi!
J’en avais chez lui, de la joie;
J’en pouvais prendre tant et tant;
J’avais du velours, de la soie,
De l’or, des bijoux, et pourtant…

Je t’adore, brigand, j’ai honte à l’avouer;
Je t’adore et ne puis vivre sans t’adorer.

Happy New Year!

2010

Happy Holidays!

From Sleepy Clown

Nessun Dorma

VLC Santa Hat

VLC VideoLan Player just gave me my first Christmas Present of the year!

The player’s icon is wearing a Santa Hat.

VLC santa hat

Way Cool, VLC dudes.
Thanks.

Dance History – at last!

Dear friends,

Someone has finally unearthed a dance photograph that proves I actually had a dance career!  For some reason when I was in the tweens and twenties I was too modest to collect photographs of myself, with the result that I let them slip through my fingers.  But luckily, others have kept their collections.  Here I am with the corps de ballet of Boston Ballet Company, performing the Waltz of the Snowflakes in the Nutcracker Ballet.

Diane as A Snowflake In BB Nutcracker 1969 or 1970_2 1400x925_2

Bye Nessie (Just last night)

091208 Goodbye Vanessa DB

Taken in a group shot at Vanessa’s farewell party. Bye Nessie, we’ll miss you!

My Birthday Party #1 !

This was the on-my-birthday celebration.  The creamcheese arrived on the next boat, so we had a whole nother celebration the next week.

Padavara Mela – Celebrating with friends

Me, Libby and one other.    They’re teaching me how to count to ten in Fijian.  I get stuck somewhere after five.

Me+Libby+another

My birthday pix

Florence Dance – Just beautiful!

florence_dance3

The Bargello Museum hosted several evenings of dance this past week. Featured was the Florence Dance Company performing “Quattro Maggiore”, a beautiful work of neo-classical ballet, with backdrops by Adi Da Samraj.

I hope this will be performed often.

Here are some previews and reviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAASKjtFAEY

http://www.eventiintoscana.it/2009/09/26-30-settembre-2009-florence-dance-company-in-%E2%80%9Cquattro-maggiore%E2%80%9D-al-museo-nazionale-bargello-firenze.html

http://lanazione.ilsole24ore.com/firenze/cronaca/2009/09/23/235447-scena_florence_dance_company.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y5NHzUaLic

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