Hans, Ami, Helene and I in a raucous conversation after Corsaire (I credit Hans for the brilliant idea of mini golf during Jardin Anime. I merely wanted lawn ornaments) figured out a new game - Ballet Clue.

By the end, we had figured out that -

It was Giselle in the Kingdom of the Shades with the Spindle.

Create your own and play along!

After a weekend spent in various enchanted woodlands, I know for sure that it was Puck in the Highland Manor House with the magic flower. No, not Oberon's magic flower -- the one from Le Corsaire!

I think it was Hagar in the Kingdom of Sweets with the pirate sword!

It was Sir Hips in the pyramid with the pistol.

Oberon in the Jardin Anime with Syphide's scarf

Rothbart in Giselle's forest with Juliet's potion.


Wait!!!!!! The victim is waking up!!!!! We have a false homicide here!

The Jester in the Ballroom with a firebird feather.

It was The Siren in Central Park in the Dark with Orpheus' Lyre!

Myrtha in Prodigal Son with one of Madge's scarves?

... and, ahem.. it's nowhere near warm enough to be August yet.

I've often thought of the Jester as a desirable victim rather than a perpetrator. I think we had a thread on this once.

The Sonnambula at the Filling Station with Clara's (or Marie's?) shoe.

But you never know, Bart, you never know.

The Sleepwalker with the Red Shoe in a Monte Carlo casino.

Heh heh heh...

Well I always had thoughts of the Red Queen and "Off With Their Heads"..scene just needs a few supers dressed as playing cards.

Sheesh -- I just returned home a little while ago to see that Leigh has already continued our silliness! (And I still am secretly hoping for an Easter Egg Roll in the Jardin!)

Perhaps it was Miss Julie (who had a whip) joining forces with the Accused (who we all know was Lizzie Bordon with an Ax) who ran away to Dancers at a Gathering to do who knows what.

Clearly this marks the onset of

... ta-DAH!!!

The Silly Season!

A wee bit premature, but who cares?

This is very clever! Keep 'em coming!

(That's so )

Sorry one more!

Although he's a Dim Lustre when Push Comes to Shove he gets off Fancy Free.

I had to get that off my chest. Sorry - no more!

No, not Sorry! Clue! (Sorry.)

Um, Tybalt in the Veronese piazza with a sword?

Odette in the forest with a lake.

Spartacus in the Party Scene with Death's Mirror :-)

carbro, I misread this at first and spent some time trying to recall a ballet in which "Veronese pizza" had a role.

I remember an updating of Cosi fan Tutte which Jonathan Miller set in a 1950s diner. So why not Tarantella and Pulcinella at a Neapolitan pizza stand. Then, there's Spartacus (pizza a la Romana), Taming of the Shrew (pizza piccante), and even Manon (pizza puttanesca).

And how about Tharp's long-promised "Ten Sinatra Songs" (with the addition of "When the Moon Hits your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie" etc.). If you keep your fingers in your ears and pay no attention to phrasing, Dean Martin DOES sound a little like Sinatra.