“A typical classical ballet is based on fantasy or fairy tales, … Flesh and Bone is a contemporary twist on these familiar tropes. The princess escapes the tower of her imprisonment and flees straight into another evil lord’s hands, and must struggle to free herself from him while battling the dragon of her past as well and severing its final chains. Along the way, she encounters several would-be knights … and dodges the rival fading queen/ballerina who wants to see her destroyed.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.16.15
Unveiling Hammershoi, A Worthy Exhibition
While I was away–I traveled to Jordan from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, more about which another time–a lot happened in the art world, including the New York fall auction season. But before I go there, I want to share my review of an excellent exhibition at Scandinavia House in NYC. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-11-16
Sotheby’s Buyout Bombshell: Turning Towards the “Less-Tenured”
Maybe the Sotheby’s buyout bombshell (first reported Friday by Bloomberg’s Katya Kazakina) shouldn’t have come as a shock: This purge was foreshadowed by CEO Tad Smith’s cryptic cryptic comments in last Monday’s quarterly conference call with stock analysts: … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-16
Opera at Old Eli
Doris Yarick Cross for more than thirty years has directed Yale Opera, a division of the Yale School of Music. She and her husband, Richard Cross, serve as the voice teachers for the program, a mammoth task. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-11-16
Clarinets At Grace Cathedral
Over the years, Grace Cathedral on San Francisco’s Nob Hill has hosted countless concerts of importance. Among them, both in 1965, were Duke Ellington’s magnificent Second Sacred Concert and pianist Vince Guaraldi’s Grace Cathedral Concert with his trio and an 86-voice choir. Rifftides reader and veteran audio expert Jim Brown attended last week’s more secular concert at Grace Cathedral. Presented by the SFJazz organization, it featured four clarinetists … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-15
Monday Recommendation: Tom Harrell
The fascination of jazz musicians with French impressionist composers goes back at least as far as Bix Beiderbecke. Among contemporary jazz musicians, Tom Harrell is Beiderbecke’s counterpart not only … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-16
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Musical Chairs: Utah Symphony Struggles With Music Director’s Sudden Demotion Of Longtime Concertmaster
Tension is building as Thierry Fischer’s baton deftly draws his orchestra into Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. But the musical tension is nothing compared to the human drama being played out behind the scenes.
Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ Resurrects Nearly Obsolete Technology
“The film will be released in a special roadshow version – with overture, intermission and additional footage – on 100 screens in 70-millimeter projection.”
Three Reasons Why You Are Always Mishearing Song Lyrics
“Everyone else seems to think Taylor Swift sings ‘got a long list of ex-lovers’ in her single ‘Blank Space,’ and yet you are pretty sure she is actually saying something about lonely Starbucks lovers. This, as it turns out, is a great example of something linguists call a mondegreen …” (animation)
Acting ‘Death Of A Salesman’ In Yiddish: ‘It’s A Jewish Play Written By A Jewish Playwright About His Jewish Relatives’
That’s the take of Avi Hoffman and Suzanne Toren, who play Willy and Linda Loman in the New Yiddish Rep’s production. “[Hoffman] hears Yiddish in the structure of Mr. Miller’s dialogue, as when Willy’s girlfriend asks when he’ll be back in town and he says, ‘Oh, two weeks about.’ Ditto Linda’s famously awkward immortal line, ‘Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person.’ ‘Who talks like that?’ Mr. Hoffman asked, the question rhetorical. ‘That’s Yiddish.'”
Can Digital Technology Make The Herculaneum Scrolls Legible After Two Thousand Years?
The problem is that they were rendered into tightly wound, fragile little chunks of carbon by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE, which destroyed Herculaneum and its neighbor, Pompeii. But a combination of advanced imaging software and advanced particle physics might just be able to make the scrolls legible.
Meet The First Wheelchair Performer On Broadway
“She is Ali Stroker, an unforgettable presence in the new production of Spring Awakening on Broadway. And though she says she’s danced all her life, she does that dancing from a wheelchair. Since the age of two, when she was in a car accident, she’s been paralyzed from the chest down.”
Joffrey Ballet Presents Its Founder’s ‘Nutcracker’ For The Last Time
“By the time Robert Joffrey’s production of The Nutcracker was ready for its world premiere in December, 1987, there was as much (if not more) drama going on behind the scenes as there was innovation on stage.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.12.15
Words that worry me
Audience engagement. Such a buzzphrase in the arts these days. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-11-12
A Small Detail, A Big Idea & Why You Should Care
Let’s marvel at a small detail that reveals a big idea. … read more
AJBlog: Audience Wanted Published 2015-11-12
Opera in Paris
On a ten-day visit to the City of Light I had the opportunity to attend two operas and one superb music rehearsal of three very different works. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-11-12
Not a Dance? Are You Sure?
I plan to iron out the creases and frame the flyer for The Kitchen’s fall season. It’s an art work by Ralph Lemon that also appears in Lemon’s installation and performance there, Scaffold Room. … Oh, it’s a beautiful thing. It’s also as bewitchingly, sometimes infuriatingly enigmatic as Lemon’s staged creation …read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-11-12
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