I need help...please! I am so much out of my comfort zone. I have a slideshow
online of the ballroom ceiling of the Ringling's Ca d'Zan Mansion in Sarasota,
Florida. The ceiling is called Dancers of the World. There are 17
hand-painted medallions of cultural dancers. I need help with what
Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote:
And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a
HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance
who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, I love to hear his
accent! It's so refined!
That's hilarious. Guess
In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be
to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this?
Not your, you're and yore. Or
To try to relate my improve your vocab post to costumes:
I love Handel, particularly the oratorio L'allegro, Il Penseroso, et il
Moderato which is [mostly] Milton set to music. Now I don't sit around the
pool
reading Milton [might be nice though] but because Handel set his English
verse
Mostly questions. Curious about the other pictures. is there a specific
dance for them as I can see that picture 2 is a Scottish sword dance.
Picture 10 is Plains, Lakota but what they are doing don't look like
anything I have seen.
18- looks like fox trot
19- Lindy hop?
20- Square dance? which
Interestingand beautiful!
Number 18...well the quintessential dance of the 20's is the
Charlestonby today's recollection. But the Fox Trot was danced more at the
time and
these dancers don't look like they're doing the Charleston. The couple in
number
19 look teens to me so maybe
De4ar Penny,
Here's a few more guesses to throw in the ring.
#4 - looks Aztec or Mayan from the headdresses.
#14 - Hungarian or perhaps Polish? (taking it from the woman's red boots)
#15 - Greek?
#17 - French ? Briitany?
#20? 1770-1790 - this is supposed to be depicting AMERICAN dancing??
If you look at the show's website, you will see that the costume designer
made the New Englanders drab on purpose. Remember that the Adamses lived
before the vibrant dyes of the 19th century were invented. The color range
for a New England housewife was very limited.
Yes, the Adamses did have
I'm thinking #14 would be more Hungarian than Polish-- I've never seen such
aprons on a Polish costume-- But in truth I fear the task will be made that
much more difficult by the liberties taken by the artist. For example the red
strapless front-lace bustier garment in #14 is sheer
4- might be Mayan. :) Though as you say the liberties taken could be that 4
is a blend of the 3. The first figure seems to have a Khamahamai (sp?)
Hawaiian headdress. After looking at some of my stuff on central American,
the seconded figure is Aztec.
5- Ancient Persian or Assyrian?
7- not Maori
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