“The whole body is played like a percussion instrument in African dance,” says the choreographer of “Fela!”
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Why We Hate (And Love) A Newly Iconic Holiday Movie
“Love Actually is one terrible Christmas movie that has strong-armed its way into the hearts of millions (including my own) despite being absolutely terrible. And this is why.”
The Brilliant Designer Behind ‘Let It Bleed’
He studied with László Moholy-Nagy, did prodigious amounts of drugs and designed the cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Let It Bleed” and died young. When an architect asked him, “What is graphic design?” Robert Brownjohn replied, “I am.”
Want To Do Great Work? Fool Around For A While First
“Playfulness helps us get to more creative solutions. It helps us do our jobs better. And it makes us feel better when we do them.”
Watch Those Sponsors, Or Watch Your Artists Defect
In the wake of two poets withdrawing from the T.S. Eliot prize thanks to what they considered a skeezy corporate sponsor, Observer books editor William Skidelsky and novelist Geoff Dyer debate the value of ideals to the starving (or perhaps not particularly prosperous) artist.
Inventing A Language; Making A Killing
Movie and television-makers invent new worlds –Â and they need languages for those worlds. Enter the conlanger.
Hey Print, Why Not Follow Music – Toward Profit, That Is
Why don’t media organizations bond to provide content where the readers are – an app that includes newspaper book reviews with Amazon reader reviews, for instance?
Opera’s Got Everything You Want – Bad Behavior Included
“As the curtain came down, that cultured-looking audience exploded into heckles and boos. The nearest thing I’d seen to this sort of behaviour was the crowd at a football match.”
If The Children Are Our (Arts) Future, Theatre & Dance Have Won Them Over
Branded plays and ballets made from favorite children’s books might drive parents a little crazy, but the kiddies learn to love theatre and dance early on – which, of course, may lead to more patronage later.
Want To Harm Art Scholarship? Sue An Art Historian
Art historians won’t talk about authentication anymore – at least not on record. Why? Lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.