‘Newsies’ choreographer Christopher Gattelli turns his own dancing into fuel for thrills
NEW YORK — Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches.
They’ve been practicing his high-energy moves in the empty house after a day off and Gattelli wants to make sure they’re all feeling OK.
day 136: if you were 12 and looked at yourself in the future, would you be happy
When I was 12, I didn’t know what I wanted from my future. I was happy with who I was and figured I’d never change. I got the second part wrong, but I don’t think 12 year old me would be upset with everything I’ve done, though she’d probably be surprised to see me in a sorority.
day 135: is change a good thing
Change is neither good nor bad, only necessary. Change will happen whether or not I want it to, and the outcome will either please or displease me, but the change itself isn’t inherently good or bad.
Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: In 1988, Nicholas Winton’s wife revealed to the BBC his long-kept secret: He’d saved 669 children from the Nazis at the dawn of World War II through his organization of the Czech Kindertransport. (This clip is from a BBC program that honored the “British Schindler” by inviting some 80 of the children he saved to surprise him in the audience.) In all, more than 5,000 people owe their lives to Winton.
In the more than two decades since the media got wind of his humanitarian exploits, Winton has been knighted, had a minor planet named after him, been commemorated by two statues — one each in Prague and London — and been the subject of three films and a play.
Winton still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. It is inscribed with a line from the Talmud, the book of Jewish law: “Save one life, save the world.” He celebrates his 103rd birthday this week.
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