“One artist always seems to have been methodical and technically gifted, the other impulsive and instinctive; one artist tends to have been socially adept, the other rather reticent; one artist seems to have been senior while the other played catch-up… before the rubbing off on (and up against) each other began in earnest.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Scholarly Writing Is Supposed To Be Precise. But Can’t It Also Be Interesting?
“Shouldn’t there be ways of improving academic writing without sacrificing scholarly credibility? Journalists, essayists, and even memoirists make use of academic research all the time to bolster their prose. Why couldn’t scholars steal some literary techniques from them?”
Cameron Mackintosh Declares War On Theatre’s Secondary Ticket Market
He’s bringing “Hamilton” To his London theatre. “I’m putting all my efforts into finding a better way of ensuring that the price originally set for a ticket remains the price you actually do pay. We’re going to stop resale except in genuine circumstances where someone is ill or can’t come and the only permitted resale will then be via the theatre.”
Oops! London Theatre Wanted To Auction Off “Work Experiences” In The Theatre. Storm Of Protest Ensues
The theatre had intended to auction off experiences in the theatre – opportunities to work there – to the highest bidders. The theatre’s executives said they had set up the auction in good faith, but added: “Since some prizes have been misconstrued, we take responsibility for the misunderstanding.”
Arts Council Of Ireland Gets Eight Percent Funding Boost (But Arts Funding Is Still Down)
“The Arts Council of Ireland has received a €5 million (£4.5 million) increase in the 2016/17 budget – equivalent to an 8% increase that will see its total funding rise next year to €65.1 million. In total, the arts budget for 2016/17 is €158.3 million (£142.7 million), although this is down 16% on the previous year. However, the decrease was attributed to one-off capital funding allocated in the previous budget for projects marking the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.”
Has Chicago Become The Center Of Theatrical Innovation?
“Between now and the end of the year more than 30 plays will make their world premiere in Chicago, which makes 2016 particularly robust for a city that’s never taken its theater scene lightly but is increasingly taking risks with material the coasts won’t touch.”
What Did We Learn From The Orgy Of Dance That Was This Year’s “Fall For Dance”?
“What I took from this season was a strengthening dislike of dancing in the dark—piece after piece began without lights, and many of them never got much brighter—and the sad realization that dance is growing further and further detached from music.”
Four Trends In Understanding Audience: Measurement, Streaming and Politics
This Week: Is there a correlation between value and attention in the arts?… Data’s in: the plus/minuses of live-streaming… Some ideas from a researcher on measuring aesthetic experience… How might the arts weigh in on politics without being dismissed?
The Bigger Picture: Making Sense Of Last Week’s Trending ArtsJournal Stories
This Week: Did Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for literature expand the category to songwriting?… Artists protest against gentrification… We’re deeply conflicted about the value of creativity… Is Google rewiring our brains so they don’t work so well?… Are we all living in a giant computer simulation? (don’t laugh)
Claim: 90 Percent Of Movies Made Before 1914 Are Lost
“We estimate that in the U.S. 90% of movies made before 1914 have disappeared,” Nicolas Seydoux cautioned. “In France we don’t know the amount we’ve lost, but I think the fact we can reproduce them [digitally] gives us new hope,” he added. French film journalist Fabrice Leclerc in a presentation noted that, by his count, “one fourth of America’s cinematic heritage is now preserved outside the U.S.”