London’s Rambert dance company brings together a panel, chaired by The Guardian‘s Judith Mackrell, “that will focus less on the reasons why women are falling behind than on what can be done to support them.” The discussion will be live-streamed online on Wed., Oct. 14 (4:30 to 6:00 pm UK time), and questions may be submitted beforehand.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Composer Peter Maxwell Davies Says His Cancer Has Returned – And He Completed An Opera Despite The Chemo
In 2013, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and given roughly six weeks to live, but successfully completed his treatment and continued to work. Late this summer, he learned that the cancer had returned. Despite the difficulties of chemotherapy, Davies finished work on the score of a new children’s opera to be conducted by Simon Rattle.
Arthur Miller: ‘My Legacy? Some Good Parts For Actors’
“This is not said speciously. I look at the plays that I’ve done, that is those plays that continue to have their life, and if you look hard enough you’re going to find that they’ve got pretty good parts for actors. … Actors and directors have got to decide to do these plays. They’re not deciding because the play has quote great moral importance. Even literary importance. They’re deciding because they’ve got a hell of an idea of how to do this part.”
The Robot Gamelan – Traditional Indonesian Orchestra Gets Automated
“The Gamelatron is the world’s first completely robotic gamelan orchestra – a kinetic, site-specific structure created by Aaron Taylor Kuffner, who has rigged 27 Javanese gongs and mallets on five separate steel towers, programming them to play music that he digitally arranged.”
This Man Has Been In The West End ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ For 25 Years
“[Philip] Griffiths joined Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical on October 9, 1990, originally as a swing, before moving into a character role as Monsieur Reyer and understudy Piangi. He became a resident director from 1998 to 2000, remaining as an understudy for two roles during this time, before moving back into the show as a performer.”
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Becoming An Art Convert In Spain – And Why
Earlier this year, I made an art pilgrimage to Valladolid, the home of Spain’s National Museum of Sculpture. So much Spanish Renaissance and Baroque sculpture resides and stays in Spain, sometimes because it can’t leave and sometimes because there is no demand to borrow it, … read more
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Dreaming a Never-Stopping Dance
The Seán Curran Company brings East and West together at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater. … read more
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Monday Recommedation: Karrin Allyson
Songs Richard Rodgers wrote with lyricist Lorenz Hart from 1925 to the early 1940s have been among the standards most often played and sung by jazz artists. … read more
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Philadelphia Orchestra Contract Talks Break Down (Though There May Be Some Progress)
“All-night negotiations over a new contract for musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra ended Thursday morning after the session failed to produce a tentative agreement. Concerts will continue uninterrupted as negotiators ponder their next moves. … While no agreement was reached, some parameters of a deal appeared to be falling into place.”
How Does Creativity Help Solve Problems?
“At this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of people who work in media, design, and the arts about how the creative process can lend itself to unlocking solutions. ‘Creativity is a problem-solving practice,’ says Anne Libera, director of comedy studies at Second City. ‘You have to risk, you have to fail – that’s how you know where the edge is.’ Other panelists include Tim Brown, Bran Ferren, JR, Maurice Ashley, Lil Buck, Kelly Leonard, and Jane Chu.” (video)
Why Ancient Rome Still Matters In 2015
Mary Beard: “The truth is that Roman history offers very few direct lessons for us, and no simple list of dos and don’ts. … Ancient Rome still matters for very different reasons – mainly because Roman debates have given us a template and a language that continue to define the way we understand our own world and think about ourselves.”
New-York Historical Society To Open Women’s History Center
“The directors of the New-York Historical Society did not have to search hard for evidence that the role of women in history has long been underplayed.”