“AXIS today includes six professional dancers with and without disabilities, a 100-city annual tour schedule that includes regular performances in the Bay Area, burgeoning apprentice and teacher-training programs, school visits that reach approximately 15,000 students, … and partnerships with institutions and organizations in the vanguard of inclusive instruction and physically integrated dance.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Baltimore’s Theater Scene Is Putting Down Roots – Brick-And-Mortar Roots
Nelson Pressley looks at the growth taking place at Charm City’s flagship theater company, Baltimore Center Stage, and smaller companies that are feeling secure enough to invest in actual real estate.
Museum For Female Pioneer Of Abstract Art Held Up By Battle Between Her Heirs And ‘Anthroposophists’
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) painted geometric compositions even before Kandinsky and Malevich did. She was also a mystic, and her planned museum south of Stockholm is being planned by a group of “anthroposophists.” But Klint’s family claims that the group is exaggerating her connection to the movement and is refusing to lend any of her art to the project.
Joan See, Who Created A School For TV Acting, Dead At 83
When she found success in television commercials in the 1960s (Oxydol, Tide, Ivory Snow, Thomas’s English Muffins, American Express), she said that “I had to learn to act all over again for TV.” So she created a school to teach Sanford Meisner technique adapted for the requirements of the small screen – a school that grew, changed names twice, and is here today.
How Ashley Wheater Keeps The Joffrey Ballet’s Dancers Content And Creative
“In the ballet world, ‘shut up and learn the steps,’ I think is an archaic sentence.” Reporter Kate MacArthur does a Q&A with the Joffrey’s artistic director.
Germany To Investigate Mass Plunder Of Works Of Art By East German Secret Police
“Germany has dealt with the long shadow of Nazi-era looting for many years. Now the government is setting aside funding to investigate another dark chapter of the past: the expropriation of works of art by the Stasi, the East German secret police, during the Cold War. The research could open the door to new restitution claims from the families of victims.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.13.17
At The Met, A Most Timely Acquisition
Maybe I should not admit this, but I never heard of Luisa Ignacia Roldán until a few weeks ago, when I learned that the Metropolitan Museum of Art had recently purchased a polychrome terracotta sculpture by her. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-04-13
This City Branding Campaign May Make You Laugh, But It Won’t Make You Roll Your Eyes In Contempt
“A new campaign out of Chattanooga, Tennessee dubs the city ‘Literally Perfect’ with a series of delightfully demented mini-musicals.” Laura Bliss explains why it’s “better than it ought to be.”
An Autism Advocate Explains How She Helped ‘Sesame Street’ Create Its New Autistic Muppet
Slate‘s Marissa Martinelli talks with Julia Bascom, executive director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Where Exactly Do Pianists Look As They Play? This Project Tracked Their Eyes To Find Out
“Function, a video series from Fractal NYC, outfitted two piano players with special glasses that track the movement of their eyes. … Insight pianists gain from eye tracking can be an excellent tool to help them perfect their playing. That is, if they can watch without getting dizzy.”