Glass has a fair amount to say about Einstein on the Beach, about to be performed in the U.K. for the first time during the Olympics festival. “It was a very avant-garde tradition-breaking piece when it happened in 1976. The odd thing is that theatre’s not changed that much since then – if anything most theatre has become more conventional, probably because of the influence of television and film.”
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Together Again: Choreographer, Composer, And Collaboration At New York City Ballet
Benjamin Millepied: “I think every time it has been about what we are in the mood to make. We start discussing it, go from simple feelings or descriptions to some complicated place, then take it back”
Nico Muhly: “The big question about making a ballet is: What is the emotional heart of the thing?”
Completing Audubon’s Work, Thanks To A Broken Heart
“Her father sold subscriptions to the works that Gennie completed. Among those who signed up were Rutherford B. Hayes, the former president, and Theodore Roosevelt, then a student. Soon, Gennie and her helpers were circulating lithographs of such quality and precision that some top American ornithologists took notice.”
Falling Back In Love With Handwork – Online, Of Course
“The Internet generation is rediscovering granny’s knitting needles — and the yearning to make, or own, authentic handicrafts has propelled virtual craft fairs from a niche pursuit into big business.” (Only, the people running the craft websites don’t have time for handwork anymore.)
Hurray For Public Transportation, But Not When It Kills Galleries
“The expansion of the new Exposition Light Rail (Expo) connecting downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica means major changes to the Bergamot Station Arts Center, a 7.4-acre complex that houses 35 galleries in several metal-clad industrial buildings. An 18-year-old art space is being threatened with destruction and gallery owners worry they could be pushed out by rising rents when the new railway stop opens in 2015.”
Home Entertainment Spending Percentages Way Up – But Will Rental Stores Survive?
With streaming up almost 550 percent in the first quarter of 2012 and people still buying packaged DVDs, the industry is smiling – but bricks and mortar stores are dying.
What Really Happened At Guernica? Survivors, Forced To Be Silent For Decades, Remember
Survivors want people to remember more than Picasso’s painting. “Guernica was a dress rehearsal of sorts for the blitzkrieg and a new breed of warfare that held no regard for civilian populations. During the Franco dictatorship, which lasted from 1939 to 1975, it was forbidden to speak about the number of people who died in the Guernica attack, and the figure continues to be contested.”
A Young Athlete United A Broken Country 40 Years Ago – And Now She Gets An Opera
“Her dramatic gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972 ensured her status in her home country of Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. Now the pentathlete Dame Mary Peters is to be remembered in a 12-minute opera composed to coincide with the London Games.”
Fifty Shades of Grey Author Hits Town, And Adults Queue Up Like Mad
As the author of the “mommy porn” bestselling books starts her book tour, adults act like kids at a Harry Potter book release. “‘This is a literary phenomenon,’ said Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books, the independent bookstore where E L James was signing copies. ‘E L struck a nerve, and her storytelling speaks to so many people.'”
Mystery Sculptor Strikes Again – In Mystery Writer’s Mailbox
“Ian Rankin received a series of elaborate drawings etched into the pages of old parchment on his 51st birthday yesterday, the latest in a series of unexplained sculptures to appear across the libraries and cultural locations in Edinburgh.”