“The San Francisco Ballet said that it had made ’emergency contingency plans’ that could result in the cancellation of a planned New York tour, including performances at Lincoln Center, if the union representing its dancers does not meet a deadline for accepting what the ballet called its ‘last, best and final offer’.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Sergei Polunin Sued By Producer Of Ballet He Walked Out On
In April, just days before opening night, the troubled 23-year-old star – followed in short order by his mentor, Igor Zelensky – quit a London production of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet’s adaptation of Midnight Express. Now Schaufuss has filed suit against the two dancers for £400,000 lost due to their departure.
How The Normal Heart Has Changed Over Three Decades
Simon Levy, director of a new production at L.A.’s Fountain Theatre: “In the mid-’80s, it was completely agitprop. It was all about anger, about the city’s lack of response, the government’s lack of response. It was all about getting our voices heard. It’s been 30 years; people now look at the play and go, ‘Oh my God, this is a really good play’.”
Why It’s Worth It To Apologize Even If It’s Not Your Fault
“Newly published research suggests that [apologies] perform the important function of building trust. In our minds, anyone who takes note of our misfortune, and expresses dismay over it, is impressively empathetic and thus worthy of our confidence.”
Malcolm Gladwell’s Answer To Those Who Say He Oversimplifies Everything
“If you’re in the business of translating ideas in the academic realm to a general audience, you have to simplify … If my books appear to a reader to be oversimplified, then you shouldn’t read them: you’re not the audience!”
Annie Baker, Rajiv Joseph Win $50K Playwriting Award
Baker, author of 2010 Obie and Drama Desk winner Circle Mirror Transformation, and Joseph, who wrote 2010 Pulitzer finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, will receive Steinberg Playwright Awards (“Mimis”), in New York on Nov. 18.
“America’s Cleanest Writer”
Adam Gopnik: “With the sudden appearance of a ‘liberal’ Pope – albeit a liberal Pope who is, as many exasperated Catholics have pointed out, just as strong as ever on Church teachings on abortion and homosexuality, just less inclined to fetishize them before other, more urgent ones – there may be no more serendipitous moment to be thinking again about the writer J. F. Powers.”
Here’s The Poet To Read About The U.S. Government Shutdown
Constantine Cavafy, an Alexandria-born Greek poet-historian from the turn of the last century, “whose lifelong immersion in Greek history, from the fall of Troy to the fall of Byzantium, left him with few illusions about the possibilities for political progress – and make him the perfect poet to be reading just now.”
Why TV Series Theme Songs Are Now Crucial
“In the age of binge-viewing, it’s more important than ever that a theme song be catchy. Now that viewers can watch any show at any time, a familiar song can provide an anchor for a series and preserve the sense of ritual attached to following it. A great theme becomes part of a show’s core spirit.”
British Film Institute To Offer Movies Online
“The ‘BFI Player’ will help meet complaints that home-grown film is hard to find away from London. The player, accessible throughout the UK from 9 October, will be optimised for PCs, Macs and tablets, with a mobile app on the way.”