Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Whatever your opinion with regard to Ai, please beware! I asked Gemini the question “Who was Irene Mawer?” and the results made me cry! The photo attached to this blog post is a screen shot of the answer generated by Gemini Ai. The item begins well, with
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Miss Mawer visited Delphi in 1930, when the Ginner-Mawer School performed in Athens as part of the Second Delphic Festival. This photo shows the view from the slope of Mount Parnassus, looking out from the ruins of Delphi over the valley.
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The statues are called caryatids, and these two are the real deal, in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Their copies are on the Acropolis, where the original six sisters originated. They are not part of the Parthenon, rather they are part of the temple called the Erechtheion, which is near
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Helga Bejach was a little girl who was forced to leave Germany at the start of the Second World War. Her mother had died sometime previously, so it was her father who made the difficult decision to send Helga and her sister, Irene, away, hopefully to keep them safe. Helga’s
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At last, a day came to which I had been looking forward to for a year. The ancient ruins at Delphi. I had been looking forward to this day in particular, as Delphi is closely connected with Irene Mawer. In 1930, the Ginner-Mawer School were invited to perform in the
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