Pink oboes

Jonathan Still is blogging again. Here he is on the Sound Moves conference at Roehampton.

"Drifting in and out of consciousness, I overheard someone speaking in reverent, hushed tones about a comparative study of repressed homosexuality in a potential gendered reading of Tchaikovsky's orchestration. 'Gendered reading' is academic-speak for "That's so GAY!". Academics don't speak like this, of course, because a) it's too obvious what you're saying and b) because it doesn't have the right tone to be taken seriously."

Jonathan's useful but boring site

JS's cats Dipsy and LaLa

During Advent, Jonathan's site features an Advent calendar of dance inspirations. This is a real act of love, a series of tributes to colleagues who influenced him over the years. The first is a very moving reminiscence of the late Woytek Lowski, former balletmaster with ENB.