All of us have memories that just won't go away, that circle our days, invade our nights, define who we are in ways secret and ways obvious. Within those memories are stories, stories we might want to tell. The sugary and sweet image of ballet is ca-ca, he says. A former Russian ballet dancer who teaches ballet at the Governor s School for the Arts in Greenville, Issaev said European and Russian ballet dancers enjoy the kind of adulation rock stars receive in America. The average first printing for a scholarly book from a university press is about 600 copies.
Many publishers don t sell half that number.
This is the season for mitigated joy. Smile through the tears. Wipe your eyes, blow your nose, and smile tremulously for the picture. But despite the appearance of another front-loaded season, this year s big summer films are spread out between May and Labor Day. A few years ago I was in Miami at a meeting of arts writers.