Janet Fizz Curtis – Page 19 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Cigarette, anyone?

Cigarette, anyone? It came as a huge shock to me to find out that Irene Mawer probably smoked cigarettes. In our modern age, it is almost incomprehensible that an athlete (which a dancer surely is) would smoke, but of course, attitudes (and knowledge) were completely different in those

February 28, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Diskobolos/Discobolos

During the dinner given to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the start of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama, Effie Williams “made a presentation to the School and to its two Principals on behalf of the Ginner-Mawer Old Girls’ Club. The gift to the School was a most beautiful shield

February 21, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Edith Sitwell’s Influence at the 21st Birthday Party Today’s blog post is definitely one of my favourites. I have had such fun researching it. It started with me reading the report of the 21st Birthday Party for the Ginner-Mawer School (1937). I had no idea that the write-up in The

February 15, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

21st Birthday of the School in 1937

21st Birthday of the School in 1937 In 1937, the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama celebrated its 21st birthday. It had survived the First World War, and could not yet foresee the troubles of the future. In a speech at a party given in celebration of the event, Miss

January 10, 2023 Biography / Blog / Mime / voice

Pittville Gardens, Cheltenham

This flyer, and the newspaper clipping attached to it are causing me some confusion! There is no date. Written in fountain pen are the words “This may be the future G-M School”. Yet, in the newspaper clipping, there is a reference to the Civic Theatre fire – but this happened