In an interview she conducted last month, Judith Mackrell notes that Polunin “spoke almost angrily of the kid he might have been had he not been pressured into ballet by family duty – the kid who could have gone to football matches, knocked around the streets with his mates and got into trouble.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Why Doesn’t Oscar Like Comedies?
“After all, only one comedy has won Best Picture in the last 30 years. And Shakespeare in Love was a laugh riot, wasn’t it?”
Conductor Paavo Berglund, 82
One of the most admired interpreters of Jan Sibelius, Berglund held chief conductor posts with the orchestras of Bournemouth, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen and conducted most of Europe’s top orchestras during his career.
$25M Gift Means $25 Tickets At New York’s Signature Theater
The grant from the Pershing Square Foundation will allow Signature to keep admission at its new Frank Gehry-designed theater complex at $25 for the next ten years.
The Joffrey Ballet And The Revolution That Was Choreographed
“New York 1967: The Joffrey Ballet does the unthinkable, turning rock music, war and revolt into a new template for ballet. Ballet! … Robert Joffrey [was] making a work called Astarte, with a rock band in the orchestra pit and space-age goddesses grooving in psychedelic unitards.”
Pakistani TV Program Plays Moral Police, Infuriating Many
“Panting breathlessly and trailed by a cameraman, [a] group of about 15 women chased after … girls and boys sitting quietly on benches overlooking the Arabian Sea or strolling under the trees. The women peppered them with questions: What were they doing? Did their parents know? Were they engaged?”
Dallas Opera Tries The Simulcast-In-Stadium Approach
It’s worked for San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera, so why not? The company will present, free of charge, a real-time transmission of its April production of Mozart’s Magic Flute at Cowboy Stadium, on “the world’s largest high-definition video board structure, comprised of four jaw-droppingly big viewing screens.”
Actor James Farentino Dead At 73
“Handsome, with a sculpted chin and wavy black hair, Mr. Farentino was best known for recurring roles on television series and TV movies.”
Vladimir Putin Suggests Canon Of Russian Literature
In a lengthy essay in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Russian leader writes that “the Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization … this kind of civilizational identity is based on preserving the dominance of Russian culture.” He then argues that a list of 100 great Russian books be compiled and assigned to every student.
Almost Half Of Gay Actors In UK Don’t Dare Come Out To Their Agents
“Although the report found that 81% of respondents are out in their professional life, and that 94% are honest about their sexuality to their fellow performers, only 57% list their agent as someone they are open about their sexuality to. Comments left by respondents highlight how actors feel that telling agents and casting directors will limit the parts they are offered.”