“Lourdes Lopez, a Cuban-born, Miami-raised former principal dancer at New York City Ballet who is currently director of the Morphoses Dance Company in New York, will succeed founding artistic director Edward Villella.”
Month: April 2012
Tim Robbins: I’ve Given Up My Television
“I have done an experiment for the past three years: I got rid of my television. One of the things Orwell talks about in the book ‘1984’ is this thing called ‘the two-minute hate. People go in front of their television screens and they yell at the person they object to politically. I realised I had been doing that for two hours every day during (the administration of George W.) Bush. I said, ‘I’ve got to stop hating.'”
Hottest Trend In TV? Community Advice
“The strongest trend in TV productions today is peer-to-peer recommendations. And that reflected a broader trend entrenched by social networks that values advice handed out by one’s peers above that of experts.”
Bahrain’s Culture Chief In Hot Water Over Comments
Bahrain’s culture minister is facing demands for her dismissal after calling conservative lawmakers “not real men” for opposing an annual arts festival under way in Manana.
Neil Patrick Harris To Host Tonys For Third Time
Harris previously hosted the Tonys last year and in 2009 — the same year he hosted the Emmy Awards. As he did in 2011, Harris will also serve as a producer.
Google Art Adds 134 Museums
“Google Art Project, which launched last year with virtual tours and digitized artworks from 17 museums, has added 134 new museums to its site.”
A UK Court Rules That Running Public Libraries With Volunteers Is Unlawful
“Surrey County Council’s decision to run 10 libraries by volunteers in a move to keep its 52 libraries open has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.”
The “New Aesthetic”
“This is one of those moments when the art world sidles over toward a visual technology and tries to get all metaphysical. This is the attempted imposition on the public of a new way of perceiving reality. These things occur. They often take a while to blossom. Sometimes they’re as big and loud as Cubism, sometimes they perish like desert roses mostly unseen.”
Louisville Orchestra Musicians Agree To Binding Arbitration
“Louisville Orchestra musicians have agreed to binding arbitration toward a new contract but under several conditions,” among them that “the orchestra’s board of directors signs a one-year agreement guaranteeing [the musicians would] work during that period under the terms of their previous contract, which expired May 31.”
Playwright John Arden, 81
“One of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s” – he was one of the “Angry Young Men” – Arden “was in later life an almost forgotten theatrical figure.”