The former Royal Ballet principal “has made a television programme to encourage larger girls to put their dancing shoes back on. ‘I’m doing a Channel 4 series called Big Ballet,’ says Sleep … ‘It’s about big girls who were told at 10 to give up, as why would you stop a child dancing?”
Author: Matthew Westphal
The Disney Flop That Inspired Wall Streeters’ Favorite All-Night Game
Midnight Madness “had a disastrous showing at the box office. Then cable channel HBO proceeded to broadcast it constantly, cementing cult status for the film among millions of fans now in their late 30s and 40s.” Now some of those fans stage overnight scavenger hunts based on the film, with teams of players swarming all over Manhattan.
Modernist Violin Concertos (All Hungarian, No Less) Win Gramophone Record Of The Year
“Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja was named the winner of the prestigious Recording of the Year for her Naïve album of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No 2, Ligeti’s Violin Concerto and the world premiere of Peter Eötvös’s seven, performed with Ensemble Modern and the Hessen Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eötvös.”
Julian Assange Begged Benedict Cumberbatch Not To Play Him On Film
Cumberbatch: “It was a very considered, thorough, charming and intelligent account of why he thought it was morally wrong for me to be part of something he thought was going to be damaging in real terms, not just to perceptions but to the reality of the outcome for himself.”
What Happens When You Clean A Jackson Pollock? You’ll Be Amazed
Christopher Knight: “I was frankly unprepared for just how different – how fresh and kinetic – Mural looks now. Color contrasts are emphatic. Patches of white canvas are bright rather than dim. While wholly abstract, several flickering suggestions of animal forms are vivid. Layers of visual space have opened up.”
Why Rick DeVos Created The ArtPrize
“‘I followed the principle of the purple cow,’ he says, referring to author Seth Godin’s concept that great products get people talking, as if they’d spied a purple cow, and gain visibility through word of mouth. So he created the world’s most lucrative art contest, with the biggest winners chosen by the public rather than experts.”
Art Dealer Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Forgery Case
“Glafira Rosales pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to nine charges, including wire fraud and money laundering, in connection with a scam in which she and her boyfriend conspired to sell more than 60 fake paintings … as genuine works by renowned artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.”
Signs Of Movement In Minnesota Orchestra Lockout
Musicians’ spokesman Blois Olson: “It appears the other side has returned to the mediator and is again talking to us through the mediator. We had conversations with the mediator today, and it appears that new board members have stepped forward, and we are grateful for that.”
Joffrey Gets Nureyev Foundation Grant For Story Ballets
“The [$500,000] grant, large by the foundation’s standards, is meant to launch an endowment for the creation, production and performance of full-length story ballets. The Rudolf Nureyev Fund at the Joffrey Ballet will be the first endowment in the company’s 57-year history.”
Top Art World Lawyer Accused Of Embezzling From Cy Twombly’s Foundation
“One of the most prominent art-world lawyers in New York, Ralph E. Lerner, was accused on Wednesday, in an ongoing court case filed in Delaware, of fraudulently taking at least $750,000 in fees from the foundation of the artist Cy Twombly, who died in 2011.”