50 shades of ballet? Melanie Hamrick on her steamy novel that makes 'Black Swan' seem tame
Melanie Hamrick recently had to wrest a copy of her steamy new novel out of the hands of the curious 6-year-old son she shares with Mick Jagger, replacing it with the more appropriate โThe Cat in the Hat.โ.
Mick Jagger gets some shelter, buys Florida mansion
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. โ Mick Jagger, Florida Man? The Rolling Stones frontman recently purchased a mansion south of Tampa as a Christmas present for his girlfriend, ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that the four-bedroom home sits on roughly a third of an acre in the planned community of Lakewood Ranch. Tina Ciaccio, the listing agent, said the couple never visited the home before buying it, but met with her online. โIt was very cool hearing Mick Jaggerโs voice over the phone; that was neat,โ Ciaccio told the Herald-Tribune.
A night at the ballet, in time for โNutcrackerโ season
Hamrick's Live Arts Global company is producing A Night at the Ballet, a free streaming event that premieres this week. They depend on a live audience to do their work, of course, and most live paycheck to paycheck. The result is โA Night at the Ballet,โ a free streaming event that premieres Thursday and was produced by Live Arts Global, founded by Hamrick and her partners, Christine Shevchenko (a principal dancer at ABT) and Joanna DeFelice. AP: What gave you the idea for โA Night at the Balletโ? But that was really just the dancers, and we thought, how can we help everybody in this live arts world?