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Sheila Orysiek is a member of the Dance Critics Association and a critic-mentor for DCA.  She writes for Ballet.co.uk, Dance Critics Association News, Tinnitus Today; dance columnist for JewishSightSeeing.com, publications of critique, feature articles, opinion and poetry.  Previous affiliations: Masthead writer for Dance Europe Magazine, Criticaldance. She has been involved with dance as a teacher, dancer, lecturer since the 1960s. She can be contacted at orysieks@sandiegojewishworld.com

 

Reluctant Martyr by Sheila Orysiek

 



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SHEILA ORYSIEK

2008
2008-08-15Reluctant Martyr: Conclusion
2008-08-12
Separating dance text from dance midrash
2008-08-11—Beijing Olympics - YEA! Well, maybe not….
2008-08-08Reluctant Martyr: Chapter 20
2008-08-04
Gelsey Kirkland, prima ballerina, teaches special session at City Ballet of San Diego
2008-08-01Reluctant Martyr: Chapter 19
2008-07-29—Hanging conservative in a liberal closet
2008-07-28
Bearing false witness: a compassionate lie
2008-07-25Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter 18
2008-07-22The New York Times & 9th Commandment
2008-07-21
'Never Give In' is Arlen Specter's credo
2008-07-18Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter 17
2008-07-14
Jean Isaacs: Generous spirit opens doors
2008-07-13
G. I. Joe’s choices reshape the battlefield
2008-07-11Reluctant Martyr: Chapter 16
2008-07-08
Two Yiddish books to tickle the silly bone
2008-07-07Sometimes 'brown' is better than 'green'
2008-07-04Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter 15
2008-07-03—American Jewish civics quiz for July 4
2008-06-30Midbar kvetching:complaints in the desert
2008-06-27Reluctant Martyr: Chapter 14
2008-06-23—A Jewish dancer’s road to freedom
2008-06-20Reluctant Martyr: Chapter 13
2008-06-16—The chasm bridged by a book
2008-06-13Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Twelve
2008-06-12—Not everyone loves big-hearted volunteers
2008-06-09—The emperor is even worse than naked
2008-06-06Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Eleven
2008-06-02—Why the Bella Family Circle stopped its annual tradition of selling white elephants
2008-05-30Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Ten
2008-05-27'Another' finds and civilizes lonely man
2008-05-26—Loving photography in the service of dance
2008-05-23Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Nine
2008-05-19A life story contained in six boxes
2008-05-16Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Eight
2008-05-13City Ballet tilts and wins with Don Quixote
2008-05-12A 'New Look' is something I don’t need
2008-05-09Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter Seven
2008-05-08—The day that Israel became a nation
2008-05-05—What kind of dance accompanied Song of the Sea? We have some interesting clues
2008-05-02Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Six
2008-04-28
—Klezmer—Jewish music for your soul
2008-04-25Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter Five
2008-04-24—Confidence counts; kindergarten counts
2008-04-21—Matzo sandwich: is the Earl laughing?
2008-04-19Reluctant Martyr:
Chapter Four
2008-04-14Way it was—a Jewish innocent strikes out
2008-04-11Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Three
2008-04-09Tales From My Garden:The Third Day...
2008-04-07Stay the Hand envisions peace
2008-04-04Reluctant Martyr: Chapter Two
2008-04-01What music performance means
2008-03-31—Some advantages to a peace with Syria
2008-03-28Reluctant Martyr: Chapter One
2008-03-27Advice for Obama: In life and in politics we are judged by the friends we keep
2008-03-24—Bella Family: The Revolt of the Cousins
2008-03-21The Four Big Questions; One Great Answer
2008-03-19—The boychik and the leprechaun, a poem
2008-03-17Two cities: two different rains
2008-03-14The Purim Chef: Queen Esther in an apron
2008-03-13—The Mist (a poem)
2008-03-12—Immigrants who don't respect host culture threaten national identty
2008-03-11—City Ballet of San Diego records a milestone
2008-03-10—Contemplating time travel from the San Diego Library's rare book room
2008-03-07The Sabbath’s Omnipotent Painter
2008-03-06Choreographer seeks to decentralize dance
from New York City, make it more eclectic

2008-03-04—Kaballah book helps open ears to the Voice
2008-03-03
Mitzvah equation: difficult equals better?
2008-02-25Reaching and keeping nationhood
2008-02-24Cousin Barry—Another shimmering soul
2008-02-21Sharing the Dessert:  The Last Grand Jeté
2008-02-18Happy Birthday, Mr. President - Your day should be more than a day off from work
2008-02-14—It was no ordinary walk
2008-02-11—Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Forgotten Facts
2008-02-10—A letter to Margot—19 years wasn't enough
2008-02-04
—How far does community responsibility go?
2008-01-31How to order flowers for a bat mitzvah
2008-01-28—Only Money and Pedigree Will Do
2008-01-25—Sabbath Amphitheatre: Celebrating Creation in Sequoia National Park
2008-01-21—Tu B'Shevat: Celebrating the perfection of a tree
2008-01-18
—Autobiography of a blue checkered shirt
2008-01-14—How Fiddler on the Roof keeps his balance
2008-01-07
Paroxysm - the National Election Begins
2008-01-04Baron Rothschild came visiting near Kiev

2007
2007-12-31I am resolving to be more resolute
2007-12-24
—A Jewish child grows up on Christmas Eve
2007-12-21—Putting Icicles on a Friendship
2007-12-17
After a while, a lover of Jewish food can't help but pass over the New Zealand lamb
2007-12-10—City Ballet's Nutcracker sparkles
2007-12-07
If U.S. intelligence was so wrong about Iraq, why does Left believe it about Iran?
2007-12-05
The differences and similarities between a dreidel and a pirouette
2007-12-03
—Connecting seemingly disparate dots
2007-11-26The Bella family circle goes from the coast to The Breakers on the shore to the beach
2007-11-19
'What could now sustain them but the spirit of G-D and His grace?'
2007-11-14
Tango's repetitive dance moves and lack of color in costuming can tire audiences
2007-11-12
— Expanding our view of Veteran's Day
2007-11-04
—City Ballet's 15th season in San Diego provides several views of classical ballet


OCTOBER 2007 AND BEFORE


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