Deaths, entrances and all the rest

An obituary dedicated to choreographer Sophie Maslow has once again made us realise the many Brontë-related things that may have been created over the years and remain missing until one of these chance encounters takes place.

Born in New York City on March 22, 1911, Maslow studied dance with Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse there and joined Graham's company in 1931. A spirited dancer, she performed solo roles in a number of Graham's productions including "Deaths and Entrances," based on the lives of the Bronte sisters, the 19th century English novelists.

Must have been interesting to watch that. A choreography based on the Brontës' lives! Simply amazing.

The rest of our news today do not have such an original air about them, though.

Yet again we find some boys saying that Jane Eyre is a 'girlie' novel, and yet again we would wish they would actually read the book before they say that.

Jane Eyre recently got the boot and was replaced with Pygmalion on incoming Niles West sophomore honor students' list for another reason.
"We were getting a lot of complaints from the moms of boys who said they just couldn't get into it," Firer said. "They [the boys] thought it was too girlie."

And a new Brontëite: author Gerri Russell loves Jane Eyre.

While pregnant with Adam, she read a romance novel. As she loves history, and human-interest tales, she was hooked.
"At first I just fell in love with Regency Era stories, like 'Jane Eyre,'" she said. "It was a 23-year period in Britain that followed a rigid era, so there was a relaxing of manners and morals."
She still reads journals of people of that era, for ideas and to research the life.

Categories: Dance, Jane_Eyre, Brontëites, In_the_News