Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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The Barnstar is a community-driven award on Wikipedia, used to recognize editors who contribute meaningfully to Wikipedia content. It’s a way of saying “thank you” and celebrating collaborative effort of Wikipedia. Some years ago, I created a Wikipedia page for Miss Mawer. I worked hard on it and was very
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Before I began my research into Irene Mawer, I knew very little about Classical Greek Dance. So, for the last few years, I have been thrilled to accept an invitation to attend both the Ruby Ginner Awards, and the Festival of Classical Greek Dance. By watching the dancers, I have
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Recently, I was lucky enough to attend the Ruby Ginner Awards 2025, held by the Classical Greek Dance Association. While I was there, I mentioned that next year, 2026, will be the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Ginner-Mawer School. I was rather deflated when, on being asked
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My book about Irene Mawer has been written for some time. The book is finished. So why isn’t it published? The reason is complicatedly simple – copyright. I always knew that I would need to deal with copyright, but I had innocently assumed it would be straight forward, and mainly
Continue readingDo you believe in writer’s block? I don’t know whether or not Miss Mawer believed in it, but she did believe that emotions can block creativity. Writers block is one of those nebulous, difficult to define things. Does it even really exist? Certainly, during this last summer, I was unable
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