While the ballet is not based on a poem, it is poetic nevertheless. It is, in fact, a loose adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s 1816 story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. First performed at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre in December 1892, The Nutcracker has become a Christmas classic over the years, transporting audiences … Continue reading The poetry that is ‘The Nutcracker’
Protagonists and/in Paintings: The “Light” collection of the Vargas Museum
Protagonists are characters whose presence is the very reason why there is a story to tell. When there is a plurality of perspectives, that of the protagonist is often the first layer. In describing the artworks in this article, I focused on one character–the one I believe is the “hero” of the scene. These paintings … Continue reading Protagonists and/in Paintings: The “Light” collection of the Vargas Museum
Felix Hidalgo, Juan Luna, and the Manila shawl
Three paintings have drawn my attention from the many artworks and artefacts on display at Ayala Museum’s “Intertwined: Transpacific, Transcultural Philippines” exhibition. Two of them were painted by Juan Luna, the other one by Felix Resureccion Hidalgo. I wrote a blog four years ago about the artworks of Luna and Hidalgo at the National Museum … Continue reading Felix Hidalgo, Juan Luna, and the Manila shawl
Nuit de la Lecture 2022: French poetry reading workshop
My constant fight with a college friend on how to properly pronounce Tous Les Jours is an indelible memory of my undergrad years. He insisted on saying it as “Too-wa la joo-wa” despite my arguing that tous is supposed to be a single syllable. The bakery, which is actually a South Korean brand, made me … Continue reading Nuit de la Lecture 2022: French poetry reading workshop
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