http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/ en-us 2008-09-30T23:59:00+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000574.html Too many things to talk about and too little time. What follows is a condensed summary of of a month in a life of a dancing beast. You can feel free to ignore the next five paragraphs and start... diary Jarkko 2008-09-30T23:59:00+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000568.html Dearest pupumunu. I have been away for so long again. You already know where I've been, so I won't go through the whole trip. Instead I will give you dirty slices of twisted dreams, memories of extraordinarily beautiful smears... diary Jarkko 2008-08-29T00:01:55+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000550.html So that's the plan. Any questions? Well, since you clearly didn't ask, I'll give it to you anyway: I'm waging war to the polar bears and flying to Stockholm on Sunday, hopping on the train to Söderhamn just missing... diary Jarkko 2008-07-11T00:22:44+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000546.html The first week of the small scale is done. An empty day in Kelso and two solid days of playing 70's porn funk in the dressing room in Costa del Berwick-Upon-Tweed took it's toll with the in-group already descending into... diary Jarkko 2008-06-29T23:46:01+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000534.html It's Monday night and I've just come back home from an absolute hoot of an evening attending the Glamour Idol 2008. Drunken orange girls strutting their stuff in front of a bunch of cringing judges is just what a... diary Jarkko 2008-05-27T03:36:40+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000527.html I spent an hour and a half writing a deeply contemplative entry about the paradoxical fact that the insane world of dance helps me keep my sanity and the effects that being deprived of the capability of giving my... diary Jarkko 2008-04-30T23:43:12+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000517.html It takes time, effort and the right environment to find the right words. &copy Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of yet another liver in the life of Mr L. To add to the... diary Jarkko 2008-04-01T00:52:21+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000499.html Due to my psychological consultant informing me during a burlesque show that the past entries have been far too understandable even without severe medication I decided that the only logical way forward would be to soak myself in Scotland's... diary Jarkko 2008-02-10T08:55:31+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000495.html "In winter check the local weather forecast for warnings of icy or snowy weather. DO NOT drive in these conditions unless your journey is essential." -The Highway Code. All for art... &copy A slow morning in Inverness. &copy Where... diary Jarkko 2008-01-31T21:14:20+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000489.html Ho-ho-ho! Ballet Stylee. Photo by me.&copy Happy New Year to all and sundry! I was supposed to put pen on paper before 2008 was ushered in, but unfortunately the time to do that didn't materialise, so here I am... diary Jarkko 2008-01-07T23:02:47+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000482.html Exactly a week from now, Thursday 6th of December, the first of our four production days in the theatre would have just finished. I'd like to draw your attention to the number of production days: four. Let me give... diary Jarkko 2007-11-30T00:51:32+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000462.html It's Thursday. Two weeks since the last entry. A week and a half since I remembered that I wrote it. Clever... After I'd read it I thought briefly about rewriting it or even taking it off, but I decided... diary Jarkko 2007-10-18T21:19:02+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000453.html Today was the day... Err... Yesterday was the day that the dancers' pay deal got finalised after almost a year of negotiations. Finally I've got that off my table and I've got some time to focus on organising the... diary Jarkko 2007-10-05T04:33:58+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000448.html It might only be a couple of weeks since the last entry, but it seems like an eternity ago. It's the time-bending, mind-mangling effect of festival time in Edinburgh. Someone should do a study of the effects that spending... diary Jarkko 2007-08-31T03:00:04+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/lehmus/archives/000442.html I came back home only six weeks ago, but how can it feel like such an eternity away already? The simple answer is that I've been cramming my weeks so full of things to do that the time flies... diary Jarkko 2007-08-15T18:05:00+00:00