What does the fall theatre season across America look like? Conservative. “The prevailing theme of the coming season is a tendency to play things artistically safe in this economically challenged climate…”
Month: August 2003
Hinglish Spoken Here
The form of English commonly spoken by educated Indians is unique in the grammar and formation. “Welcome to the wonderful world of Hinglish, a Hindu-inspired dialect that pulsates with energy, invention and humour — not all of it intended. Hinglish is full of cricket terminology and army metaphors, with echoes of P.G. Wodehouse and Dickens. It contains clunky puns and impeccably logical neologisms. In short, it is a delight.”
Movies Get Back To Questioning Authority
“Two years less a month after the devastations of 9/11, an event that sparked flag-waving and brought the U.S. international sympathy not seen since World War II, the movies are getting back to the business of questioning American authority…”
Where Aussie Arts Sponsorship Money Goes
In Australia “about 6 per cent of all business sponsorship money goes to the arts, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. That added up to $29.2 million in 1996-97, the last time such figures were collected.” And where does the arts money go? Mostly to established traditional arts ventures. “Other parts of the arts miss out because their works are too confronting and edgy for sponsors, art figures say.”
Looking For A Definition Of Black Theatre
At the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, it’s time for a question – what exactly is black theatre? “Ask for a definition of black theater, and no consensus really emerges. Some suggest it’s theater that celebrates black people and the black experience, as do a plethora of shows here this week based on real lives…”
Dancing Across The Screen…
Summer is the doldrums for dance. But the video store offers a surprising wealth of good movies featuring dance…if you know where to look…
Making A Go Of It On The Net
“Can an individual with a talent for writing, drawing, photography or music use the internet, not to create millions, but to make enough to live comfortably and do what they want to do professionally? The answer may well turn out to be a hesitant yes. Six years on from the start of the popular web explosion, people are adjusting to paying for content on the internet.”
Where The Sun Never Sets
“Why, you might ask, now that empire has become an irrelevant historical fact, are pundits, intellectuals and sundry other commentators debating whether America is an empire or should be an empire, or whether the United States has what it takes to succeed
as an empire? By using the word “empire” as if it were a living possibility, even people opposed to the idea of an American imperialism make it easier for the pro-empire crowd to make their fantastical case. But a country doesn’t decide to be an empire the way a person decides to wear black rather than brown shoes to a party.
Edinburgh’s Hottest Show…
The hottest show in Edinburgh this summer? It’s a show that’s not part of the Edinburgh Festival or the Fringe Festival. It’s the blockbuster Monet show at the National Galleries of Scotland, which is seeing record numbers of visitors as the Monet show opens.
Julius Baker, 87
“Julius Baker, the principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic for 18 years and the most prominent American flutist of his generation, died on Wednesday in Danbury, Conn. He was 87 and lived in Brewster, N.Y. As an orchestral player, he was principal flutist in several of the best orchestras in the United States. As a performer and a teacher, he was an institution among flutists…”