Monthly Archives: June 2011

On Zürich, Zeitgeists and Zingers

By Victoria Looseleaf As you can tell, The Leaf loves alliteration – but there’s not much with the letter ‘Z,’ save in Scrabble and the OED. She could mention that Zürich, the lakeside hamlet she recently visited for the first … Continue reading

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Around & About Amsterdam…Again

By Victoria Looseleaf She hasn’t blogged from the road before, but The Leaf will give it a shot. Needless to say, she is happiest when traveling around the world (she loves interviewing cool peeps, too, such as Javier Bardem, Jane … Continue reading

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On Films, Figgis and Fouettés

By Victoria Looseleaf In less than 24 hours The Leaf will be winging her way to Amsterdam, where she once had a houseboat – The Victoria L (on the Prinzengraacht; it seems that every canal reveals something fabulous) – while … Continue reading

Posted in ANN VAN DEN BROEK, DANCE CAMERA WEST, LEAVING LAS VEGAS, LUCREZIA BORGE, LYNETTE KESSLER, MIKE FIGGIS, NICOLAS CAGE, THE CO(TE)LETTE FILM, WILLIAM FORSYTHE | Comments Off on On Films, Figgis and Fouettés

Dancing With Donuts

By Victoria Looseleaf Being a straddler of high and low arts (where culture and kitsch meet – one of the taglines for The Looseleaf Report cable TV show, which died an ignominious death when the city of Los Angeles pulled … Continue reading

Posted in DAMON GUPTON, EDI GATHEGI, EDWARD HOPPER, GARY COLE, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, KRISPY KREME, MARY BETH FISHER, PUBLIC ACCESS, RANDALL ARNEY, RON BOTTITTA, SUPERIOR DONUTS, THE SOPRANOS | Comments Off on Dancing With Donuts

Bring On The Tulle

By Victoria Looseleaf It was a glorious evening on all counts when Los Angeles Ballet presented its first Giselle. This is a particular ballet favorite of The Leaf’s, not least because it features a second act with a host of … Continue reading

Posted in BILLY BUTCHKAVITZ, COLLEEN NEARY, GISELLE, GRAY DAVIS, LOS ANGELES BALLET, MARIA SHRIVER, MICHAEL MILKEN, RELATIVITY MEDIA, RYAN KAVANAUGH, THORDAL CHRISTENSEN, WOLFGANG PUCK | Comments Off on Bring On The Tulle

Dance, Dance, Dance!

By Victoria Looseleaf The brilliant impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, is a titan in the dance world. Too bad he never wanted his famed troupe filmed during its brief existence. (Founded in 1909, it was disbanded … Continue reading

Posted in ALVIN AILEY, ANNA PAVLOVA, ARTHAUS MUSIK, ARTHUR MITCHELL, BEN STEVENSON, CHRISTOPHER BRUCE, HOUSTON BALLET, JIRI KYLIAN, NETHERLANDS DANCE THEATER, NIJINSKY, STRAVINSKY, ULYSSES DOVE, VAI | Comments Off on Dance, Dance, Dance!

Step On It

By Victoria Looseleaf Yes, Virginia, there is culture in Santa Ana. Seriously, The Wooden Floor (previously known as Saint Joseph Ballet), is an extraordinary after-school organization that was formed in 1983 and continues to provide tutoring, academic services, counseling and … Continue reading

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