“We were both winning awards, but we couldn’t come to each other’s [ceremonies] to celebrate each other.”
Month: July 2016
Top Posts On AJBlogs For 07.17.16
The Future of Orchestras, Part III: Bruckner, Palestrina, and the Rolling Stones
“Would the New York Philharmonic sing Palestrina?” – the question posed by my … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2016-07-17
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2016-07-17
Dancing With Your Selves
Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer present the New York premieres of two works. Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman(s) in their Voyeur. Photo: Tyler Silver One source of theater’s magic lies in the interplay between what’s … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-17
Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer present the New York premieres of two works. Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman(s) in their Voyeur. Photo: Tyler Silver One source of theater’s magic lies in the interplay between what’s … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-17
Twyla Tharp: Past, Present, Future
Twyla Tharp presents one new creation and two golden oldies at the Joyce. Reed Tankersley in the first half of Twyla Tharp’s Brahms Paganini. Photo: Yi-Chun Wu Watching Reed Tankersley perform the long opening solo … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-16
Twyla Tharp presents one new creation and two golden oldies at the Joyce. Reed Tankersley in the first half of Twyla Tharp’s Brahms Paganini. Photo: Yi-Chun Wu Watching Reed Tankersley perform the long opening solo … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-16
Stainspotting
It’s the pale grey sweaters that are so creepy. Thin, tight, high necked, they cling to the performers’ bodies. They’re nubbled by nipple and you can practically count the ribs. And, within minutes of …read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-07-15
It’s the pale grey sweaters that are so creepy. Thin, tight, high necked, they cling to the performers’ bodies. They’re nubbled by nipple and you can practically count the ribs. And, within minutes of …read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-07-15
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Our Don’t-Miss Stories From Last Week’s ArtsJournal: Musical Prime Minister Edition
This week: A penetrating portrait of artist Chuck Close, a reality check on meritocracy as a concept, a look at anger and our access to visceral emotion in a media-saturated world, the enduring meritocracy of the Emmy as measure of success, and a Prime Minister exits stage right, humming.
This Week In Audience: Audience Confusion Editon
This Week: Pokemon Go suggests a different relationship between real and virtual, an art prize in which critics don’t matter, museums challenge visitors to spot fakes, a French city that has reinvented itself around art, and a claim that modern audiences are confused and uncertain.
This Woman Squatted At James Baldwin’s House In Order To Save It
“To clean the floor of James Baldwin’s guest room would take 32 disposable cleaning wipes. I figured this out on my hands and knees, estimating the square footage of the terra cotta tile surface. There were 40 wipes in the package. If I used one wipe per roughly two square feet, I’d have enough.”
What’s The Point Of Australia’s Archibald Art Prize?
“One of the lessons of the Archibald prize is that it’s impervious to criticism. … The prize runs by its own rules, which are really just a set of guidelines – more like a surrealist parlour game where inclusions are governed by exceptions.”
This Author’s (Sexy) Debut Set A Record For A Book Advance
Sally Beauman “said she turned to fiction to spend more time with her son. Writing romances for Harlequin, she said, was a useful way to learn pacing, dialogue and how to make the plot move.”
The Comedy Troupe Made Up Of Actors With Asperger’s Syndrome
“Our original goal was, ‘Let’s entertain people who have our sense of humor — who like that wordplay, who like that absurdism,’… But then all these people showed up, as I predicted, who were there out of guilt or curiosity or a sense of ‘I want to learn more about someone in my family.’ We’re not writing for them, but we understand those people come and we’re happy to have them.”
Summer Camp For The Conductors Of Tomorrow
“Adding a conducting program seemed a natural way for [the Eastern Music Festival] to expand beyond training 200-plus young instrumentalists in classical orchestral and chamber music.”
The First Coup Foiled By FaceTime And Text Message?
“Honorable Turkish nation, claim democracy and peace: I am calling you to the streets against this action of a narrow cadre that has fallen against the Turkish nation. Claim the state, claim the nation.”