This week: How do you keep the immersive experience “art”?… Screens are killing dance (unless they’re not)… A Music store that’s figured out community… The Louisville Symphony tries a new community model… Now audio is beating video – who knew?
Month: July 2016
Five Highlights From Last Week’s AJ: Ethics, Success, And Documentation Edition
This week: What ethical responsibilities do funders and funded have to one another?… The gatekeeper problem is still a thing in the internet age… What should the measure of success be in opera?… Historians are going to have a real problem documenting today’s artists… Our all-image culture suggests the place of images in art may be changing.
What’s Going To Happen To The Twin Cities’ Floating Theatre Boat?
“In an arrangement with more twists than the melodramas U students stage on the showboat each summer, the 225-seat theater is owned by the U, attached to a dock and walkway owned by the city of St. Paul and managed by Padelford Riverboats, which operates tourist excursion boats nearby.”
How John Hughes Faked Us Into Thinking His Movies (And The Women In Them) Were Progressive
“Thirty years on, however, we’ve dropped the rose-coloured glasses, and our response to realizing he sold us out to suburbia echoes Molly Ringwald’s response in Vanity Fair when he dropped her once she grew out of it. ‘It was very hurtful and it still hurts.'”
Twyla Tharp And Her Dancers, Looking Back And Planning For The Future
“What’s interesting about this piece more than anything for me has been — obviously, I’m not at the beginning of my career, I’m at the end of it. I’m looking at this more as an actor discovering something. It’s an amalgamation of 20 years of dancing.”
Prizewinning Writer Says African Authors Must Diversify – And Publish Their Own Journals – To Survive
“We have to be persistent even with little resources because there are so many stories to tell and no one else to tell them.”
A Violinist In Exile, In Germany [VIDEO]
“The Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music was renowned throughout the Middle East. But when war broke out many of its members had to flee.”
Keeping Low-Income Students In College Requires More Than Just Financial Aid
“While nearly 75 percent of respondents said their school had some sort of emergency-aid program, most also said that need outpaces resources, and few actually use data to figure out which students are most at risk of quitting, in part because they’re already overwhelmed by requests.”
You Can Still Watch The ‘Hamilton’ Original Cast Final Curtain Call
“As the crowd gave the cast a standing ovation, the four departing actors hit center stage and bowed to fans. Then, as the orchestra played the theme from The West Wing, Miranda himself grabbed the spotlight alone, and nodded to the audience one last time.”
Saying Goodbye To Lin-Manuel Miranda As ‘Hamilton’
“Despite the rain, many people were reluctant to leave, greeting other cast members at the stage door and holding out for another possible appearance by Mr. Miranda. Inside, he had gotten his hair cut, now that he no longer needed to keep it long for the role.”