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Mohiniattam-The dance of the enchantress
This Indian classical dance form – Mohiniattam – comes from one of the South states of India, Kerala. And the mere mention of Kerala brings up in one’s mind the wondrous and incomparable beauty of its landscape .The scenic backwaters where the palm fronds fill up the Kerala skyline moving gently and gracefully in the breeze, the boats bobbing up and down gently, gracefully and in perfect tune with nature and its rhythm .
Ruhan started her musical training early, learning the piano at the age of four. Since then, her major performance credits include Damon Albarn’s Chinese rock-opera Monkey: Journey To The West, the theme song for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Dao Zai Fan Ye on Christopher Tin’s 2011 double Grammy award winning album, Calling All Dawns (Best Classical Crossover & Best Instrumental Arrangement).
Learn more here: www.ruhan-timetogrow.com
The difficult ascent that greets each visitor to the ancient Hellenistic city of Priene, one of the best preserved ruined Greek cities in Western Turkey.
This year the name of this magent school was changed from Kennard Classical Junior Academy. "Kennard" name was removed, because Samuel Kennard was Lieutenant in Confederate Army. Saint Louis, Missouri.
German botanist Kurt Sprengel dedicated the name of this genus to the Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi. This Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is prized for its beauty, yet it is a poisonous plant. Another instance of natures mysteries.
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Donndorfbrunnen
This is just one of four copies of the figural group that was built by Adolf von Donndorf. The others can be found in New York City at the Union Square (called James Fountain), in Stuttgart (called Paulinenbrunnen which was destroyed during WW I and restored in 2008) and in Svitavy (Zwittau) in Czechia.
Leg study for Classical Figure drawing. I must confess that I couldn't get the foot right . . . so I left it out! Will go back and practice more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNjLvAAE2e8&feature=fvw
Iggy Pop - How insensitive ( Tom Jobim )
Listening to this marvelous and surprising cover for the classical Jobim anthem
Iggy asks why ?
Good question
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Roman sculpture on display outside the ancient bathhouse, now reroofed and converted into the museum at Hieropolis.
Ahmad Jamal Interview - American Classical
Complete interview at: www.youtube.com/user/underyourskindvd
Free lunchtime concerts on Tuesdays at the Berlin Philharmonie! A hidden holiday tip for classical music lovers in Berlin. This concert was lovely.
The Erechtheum on the Acropolis at Athens, built just after the Parthenon and completed during the last years of the Peloponnesian War. It housed the cults which were once served in the Archaic Temple of Athena.