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Ms. Slovakia passed this movie trailer on to me for the film "Bathory" (a Czech film by Juraj Jakubisko) which is based on the life of an infamous mass murderer in Hungary in the 1500's. The trailer looks really interesting so I'm hoping to check it out.

To be honest, I knew nothing of Elizabeth Bathory (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian , Alžbeta Bátoriová in Slovak, Alžběta Báthoryová in Czech, or Elżbieta Batory in Polish) before this clip was passed on to me but in doing a bit of research found that there seems to be conflicting stories on the evil she was convicted of committing. I did find the line on the Imdb site that suggested that she was really just a "modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth". It's not often that we actually hear in detail about women who murder to this degree so I wonder whether she actually was the victim or not. I know it's a little morbid but I do have a fascination with these kinds of gothic "legends".

Has anyone out there heard of this film? What about my readers in Hungary?

I'd be interested to hear from my readers (and I am sure that my friend "E" who told me that I should actually be soliciting more comments on this blog would too). So I'd like to ask you to share any comments you may have...

Happy Birthday Ms. Slovakia!!!!

I hope that you have a wonderful day!!!!

(And, thanks so much for the ice cream yesterday!)

Give it 2 Me...

Yeah... my birthday is coming up so I thought I'd share this with you... (I can't wait to get out there and do some dancing!)

For those of you out there wondering what to get me, don't worry your pretty heads. I'm taking up a collection of cash to contribute towards something I've been wanting for a while. If you're planning on attending my wacky three day event (or even if you're not), I'd happily accept donations...

Cheeky, non?

Safety Dance?

Music soothes the savage beast so how about saving the environment?

It turns out that there is a new kind of dance club in town...

Called an Eco nightclub it is supposed to provide ecologically advanced technology for the dance set. At least, that's what Reuters and the developer, Andrew Charalambous is are saying about it. This article covers the opening of Surya and the philosophy of its developer however, it also talks about other revolutionary groups like SDC.

Sustainable Dance Club (SDC) as it is otherwise referred to is a creative concept by the Dutch organization Enviu that opened the first of these types of clubs in the Netherlands.

I don't know about you, but I find this kind of thing really exciting and innovative. Especially when organizations like Trees for Dance as well as others get funding from this kind of thing! It gives me real faith in the next generation when I hear that they are actually thinking ahead...