The DSO parted ways with José Reyes last July, and issued a press release about that. Then the (already bizarre) story grew even more intense.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Is Britain Going To Ban Same-Sex Dancers From Dance Competitions?
“The proposal came after complaints some mixed-sex dancers were ‘unfairly disadvantaged’ in competitions against all-male couples who are physically stronger.”
OK, So What’s A LORT?
Unless you’re a theatre junkie, you might not know that hiding behind the acronym is a nationwide organization of almost 75 theatres in all major cities (and many other cities) across the U.S. And oh hey? They pay their actors.
When Google Gives Bad Information About A Los Angeles Museum, Things Go Wrong Quickly
‘Fink trusted what he saw and arrived downtown to find locked doors. MOCA, he learned, is in fact closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not open seven days a week as his Google search suggested. Traffic hadn’t been too bad, so the futile round trip had cost him only about 75 minutes.’
When Astronauts Look At Your City From Space, What Do They See?
“No program indicated that these images should be captured. Rather, a person — often, with a DSLR you could buy at a store — saw something on the surface that caught their attention, focused the camera, and took a picture.”
Making Those Dry Old Renaissance Paintings Come To Life – As GIFs
Yes, it’s a lot like Monty Python for the age of Tumblr.
Can This Building Be Saved? (And, More To The Point, Should It Be?)
“Some Goshen officials say Rudolph’s complex, which features protruding cubes and a corrugated concrete facade resembling corduroy, isn’t worth preserving, that it should be sold and a new government center constructed elsewhere.”
Talking About Books We (Love To) Hate
“I casually hate, in equal amounts, Ender’s Game, The Lovely Bones, Prep, and everything written by Stieg Larsson.”
Text-Based Video Games Are On The Rise (Again)
“Interactive fiction, which once went by the name ‘text adventure,’ is having a moment.”
So Wait, It’s Possible To Make A Romeo & Juliet Ballet Without The Color Coded Costumes?
“‘Another thing I knew I didn’t want was Romeo and Juliet in bed in their tights and ballet shoes pretending they are naked,’ says [choreographer Alexei] Ratmansky.”