Stephen Lord, music director of Opera Theater of St. Louis talks about reviewing applications, resumes and headshots (recordings don’t help, he says); the thing that matters more than looks and size; and what’s not-negotiable in terms of voice and technique.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Banff Centre Lays Off 8% Of Its Staff
“The Banff Centre is immediately eliminating 33 positions as part of an organization-wide restructuring. … In June 2015, the centre put on hold an ambitious $900 million expansion after former president and CEO Jeff Melanson suddenly left the organisation.”
Three Years After The Acid Attack, Former Bolshoi Ballet Director Talks About The Way He Works Now
While his contract to lead the company was not renewed, Sergei Filin was appointed to direct the Bolshoi’s new workshop for young choreographers. Yet, he says, he doesn’t feel safe there.
The Downsides Of Grit
Yes, perseverance in pursuit of a goal seems to be a crucial ingredient of success. But it has its disadvantages – not least that you probably shouldn’t let people see you exercising it.
Is This The Real Reason You Procrastinate?
“Some researchers have viewed procrastination largely as a failure of self-regulation – like other bad behaviors that have to do with a lack of self-control, such as overeating, a gambling problem or overspending. Others say it’s not a matter of being lazy or poor time management, as many smart overachievers who procrastinate often can attest. They say it may actually be linked to how our brain works and to deeper perceptions of time and the self.”
Baltimore Museum Of Art Names Its Next Director
“[He’s] Christopher Bedford, who at age 39 already has achieved art world coups.”
What’s A Dancer To Do When Her Directors Tell Her To Lose Weight Or Lose Her Gig? Here’s What
Rachel Zar offers a five-point plan.
West End’s ‘Doctor Faustus’ Cancels Shows Due To Flooding
Producers called off Saturday’s matinee and evening performances of the Christopher Marlowe play, which stars Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), following floods at the venue, the Duke of York’s Theatre.
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McNeill & Burroughs: Art Meets Occult
Hieronymous Bosch had nothing on Malcolm McNeill. And that’s not even counting the underlying theories McNeill has about time travel, biological mutation, and evolutionary transition … read more
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Poet, Genius, Depressive, Insurance Man – Wallace Stevens
“Stevens’s seraphic art and his plodding life … merge as sides of a coin: philosophical, in his continual grappling with implications of the death of God – a loss that he tried to remedy by making poetry stand in for religion – and psychological, in his constant compulsion to cheer himself up.”