melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog Everyone needs to take a look at the world through the eyes of a refugee. Rating: 5/5 essential reading Given my serious commitment issues, I’ve never dreamed of joining a book club. Yet, in June, […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog Ivan the Terrible – a two-part historical epic – was Sergei Eisenstein’s last film. Part I was filmed between 1942 and 1944 in Alma Ata, where Eisenstein was evacuated to during the Second World […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog A few weeks ago I posted a vector illustration of ABT principal dancer and one of my favorite ballerinas Julie Kent. I haven’t done vector illustrations in a while and wanted to try it […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog I started the year off with a long-overdue session of gallery-hopping, and here is the result: a list of my top 6 things to see in Melbourne this month (five exhibitions and one film). […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog I haven’t done any vector illustrations in a while, and what better way to start than with a portrait of the lovely Julie Kent. In October this year, Julie Kent – along with Paloma […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog I’ve had a few delightful ballet-filled months, and I’d like to share with you the three books about ballet I think you’ll find very enjoyable. The Everyday Dancer Deborah Bull I have a soft […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog I’m lucky enough to own the beautiful 1964 edition of this book, illustrated by two Palekh painters B.Parilov and V. Dudorov. It was given to my mother by family friends on her 7th birthday, […]
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog Lucy Prebble’s award-winning play (directed by Leticia Cáceres) handles the (very topical) subject of mental illness with surprising sensitivity and insight.
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog American Ballet Theatre (ABT) bring Swan Lake and The Three Masterpieces to Brisbane as part of their long-awaited Australian tour.
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melmoth.co is an online archive of some of my more substantial articles and reviews. For daily updates, please follow my blog: melmoth.blog You know you’re a graphic designer when you spend a whole day (or two) admiring the design of a publication before you read any of the content. Malthouse Theatre unveiled their 2015 season last […]
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