Bloomsbury withdrew That Was the Church That Was, a look at the post-war decline of England’s established church by Guardian journalist Andrew Brown and sociologist Linda Woodhead, following a “legal complaint” about which the house would say nothing more. So naturally journalists began investigating …
Author: Matthew Westphal
The Connection Between New Arts Organizations And Neighborhood Diversity
Richard Florida looks at a new study of New York City neighborhoods and organizations founded between 2000 and 2010: “Two thirds of new nonprofit arts organizations are located in neighborhoods with moderate to high levels of racial and income diversity.”
Misty Copeland And NYC Dance Project Recreate Degas’s Ballet Scenes
“‘It was interesting to be on a shoot and to not have the freedom to just create like I normally do with my body,’ she says. ‘Trying to re-create what Degas did was really difficult. It was amazing just to notice all of the small details but also how he still allows you to feel like there’s movement.'”
Like Misty Copeland’s Degas Photos? There Are Hard Truths Behind Them
Sebastian Smee: “It always makes me deeply uneasy to see [people] take to Edgar Degas’s ballet pictures as if they were some sort of grand affirmation of their art. They’re really not. … These poor girls were commonly known as ‘les petits rats,’ the little rats, and Degas, who also called them his ‘little monkey girls,’ was precisely interested in this sordid aspect.”
After Dark Season, Sacramento Philharmonic Makes A Comeback
Said executive director Alice Sauro. ‘Two months after we sent out renewal forms, we got 876 subscribers. By October, we had over 1,000. … We never expected the response would be so positive.”
Lincoln Center Hall Of Fame Names First Inductees
“There is no hall yet, but Lincoln Center’s nascent performing arts hall of fame now has the fame part down. It announced Thursday that its first class of inductees would include Louis Armstrong, Plácido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald, Leontyne Price and Harold Prince.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.11.16
Four rules of money
Budgets and balance sheets and audited financials have a tendency to simultaneously over-simplify and over-complicate organizational life. The way they appear on a page suggests a linear, logical, orderly aggregation of resources in clean compartments, … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2016-02-11
Making art the focus
I’m sure we’d all say that, if we’re musicians, or producing musical performances, that art is the focus. The music is what matters. Everything else – marketing, how the ushers behave, how we dress, … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2016-02-11
The uninvited critics
In today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column I take a closer look a theatrical controversy in Los Angeles that made national headlines. Here’s an excerpt. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-02-11
For Fun: Nicole Johänntgen
The German saxophonist Nicole Johänntgen is one of Europe’s busiest musicians, traveling frequently from her home in Switzerland to play with a cross-section of the continent’s jazz artists. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-02-11
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How, In 2016, Do You Choreograph A 1940 ‘Negro Fantasy’?
Cabin in the Sky is getting revived this summer by New York’s influential Encores! series for the sake of its score by Vernon Duke. With no record of the original choreography (partly) by Balanchine, how is Camille A. Brown making dances for the show? By looking to the work of the original co-star and co-choreographer, the pioneering Katherine Dunham.
Leslie Bassett, 93, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer
“A master orchestrator who could coax a vast range of tonal colors from the bits of wood and brass for which he composed, Mr. Bassett wrote works for symphony orchestra, chamber and choral ensembles, solo instruments and voice.” He spent 40 years on the faculty at the University of Michigan.
Don’t Quite Get What A Play Is ‘About’? Don’t Worry – Theatre Isn’t A Puzzle
Lyn Gardner: “It’s liberating for a theatregoer not to worry too much whether you’ve worked out exactly what it’s about. If you want to solve something, buy a Rubik’s Cube, not a theatre ticket. Not knowing exactly what it’s about doesn’t mean your response is invalid.”