Pretty well, actually. “Artists and professionals in the field agree that the early returns indicate that crowd-sourcing is widening the pool of contributors to include people who might not have previously considered giving to the arts.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
42 Ways Of Making Money (But Not If You’re A Classical Musician)
“In addition to the expected sources, such as merch, concert ticket sales or, in the case of symphony musicians, employment, the Future of Music Coalition found artists make money from teaching, speaking engagements, fan-funding, acting, YouTube partnerships, persona licensing, session musician work and myriad national and international publishing groups.”
Where Two Plus Two Equals Five – Connecting Dancers To Their Wilder Side
Rehearsal director Denise Vale “motivated and assessed, and urged them to dance from the heart, not the head, and to escape the yoke of formal training. ‘We do it because we’re animals,’ she said, above a pianist’s angular improvisations, as lithe bodies moved smoothly in unison in the mirrored room. ‘These are reactive forces. Animals are reactive. They don’t sit around and wait for their prey.'”
No Longer Just ‘New,’ Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Theatre Gets A Donation – And A Name
The regional theatre’s newest theatre building has been called “The New Theatre” for a decade. But a large donation has secured naming rights for a beloved former staff member – along with the chance to expand and renovate other spaces.
The Economy Is Killing Italian T.V., Or So Say Execs
“Italian TV fiction output is smaller than it was 15 years ago, despite a proliferation of channels. Italy lags well behind the output of the U.K., France and Germany.” And Italy doesn’t export its shows, either. Producers and other execs want more, and better, from their government.
Gandalf To Lawyers: You Shall Not Oppress This Pub
When lawyers for the film company that owns rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s work threaten a pub called The Hobbit, Sir Ian McKellen – Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films – steps in.
Lying In The Theatre: Not Confined To Daisey, And Not A Problem
“I think it’s just fine to manipulate an audience, to tell them half truths, even to make up events entirely in order to get at those emotions.”
Mike Daisey Changes His Show In Response To This American Life Retraction
“Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, where the monologue is being performed, said Saturday that Daisey has ‘eliminated anything he doesn’t feel he can stand behind’ from the show and added a section at the beginning in which he addresses the questions raised by critics.”
The Problem With The Daisey Story? Truthiness
“Whatever different license theater has, it’s pretty plain that it surrenders that license when it presents itself as journalism, discussing not personal matters but real-world events-the way thousands of actual people are treated and the way we get one of the most popular consumer products.”
This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey/Foxconn Episode
After This American Life aired an episode in which playwright and performer Mike Daisey’s monologue about Apple and the Foxconn factory in China featured prominently, the show discovered some inconsistencies – and then discovered that during fact-checking, Daisey had lied to them. Here’s the detailed retraction (transcript also available in a link at the top of the page).