How the books, which have sold millions worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages, got their start: “The story began on Christmas Eve 1956, when he was working as a BBC TV camera operator. On his way home, he stopped by Selfridges department store and spotted a toy bear alone on a shelf. ‘It looked rather forlorn,’ he told the London newspaper The Sunday Telegraph in 2007. He took the bear home as a stocking stuffer for his wife and soon began writing a story about it. After 10 days he had a completed novel, which William Collins & Sons bought for £75.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Do Neurons Dance?
Choreographer Jody Oberfelder believes they do – and that thinking, that thoughts, come from the body. In a new work, she tried to connect the science and the choreography – to the detriment of dance, at first. “So I thought, why not get the audience to try to feel their brains, without telling them how? To set up situations where they’re interacting not only with their minds intellectually but passing that down through the body, being in a physical space with other bodies, making connections with others and with sensation?”
Midori Joins The Faculty At The Curtis Institute
She’s moving from the University of Southern California to the East Coast, and “she cited Curtis’ approach as one appeal of the job – the ‘commitment Curtis has to nurturing younger musicians to prepare them not just to play the instrument, but to also become responsible citizens.'”
Medieval Scholars Believed In Parallel Universes
But weirdly, they only got there after the Catholic Church banned many Aristotelian ideas as heretical. “Among the ideas that Tempier condemned was a principle of Aristotelian thought that held that the ‘first cause’ (or, as medieval scholars would have said, God) could not have made more than one world.”
The Unsung Creator Of Modern Musical Choreography: Bob Fosse
What gives the dancing in modern musicals such athleticism and power? A style that can be traced back to Fosse. “The roots of Fosse’s signature style were actually in burlesque. As a young teenager … he had a tap act that he performed in burlesque houses. He translated that style to the screen in ways that directly foreshadow modern musicals and music videos.”
The 45-Year-Old Bay Area Theatre That Developed ‘Angels In America’ Is Folding
Wow, no thanks, California tech companies, not to mention voters: “Eureka’s dissolution after many decades is a result of several factors, including rising overhead and the high costs of maintaining its aging facility. Additionally, following the defeat of Ballot Measure S in November 2016, San Francisco Grants for the Arts (funded by the city’s hotel taxes) declared that it could no longer offer grants to performing arts facility providers.”
Swedish Actor Michael Nyqvist, Who Starred In ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,’ Has Died At 56
The actor, who also had roles in action movies like ‘John Wick’ and ‘Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ had lung cancer. “Nyqvist got his start training at the Malmö Theatre Academy, one of Sweden’s leading theaters and where Ingmar Bergman would frequently stage productions in the 1950s” – and one of his big screen breaks came in a BET series about Nelson Mandela.
Hollywood Utterly Relies On Franchises – And Some Of Them Aren’t Doing So Well
A number of series, including ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ have practically collapsed on arrival in the past few months. Can Hollywood survive? (And which franchises will help?)
The Actor Who Gave Up Acting For Massage, And Then Got Pulled Back In, Only To Win Glory At Cannes
Arnaud Valois didn’t expect much from the new film “120 Beats Per Minute.” Indeed, “after shooting the film last year, he returned to the Montorgueil area, his sophrology and his clients. (They all went on hiatus during filming, he said, and they all returned when he came back.) His practice ‘helped me to not have a baby blues after the shooting,’ he said. ‘Starting something real and simple. Not having assistants, and someone who comes to your house in the morning and drives you, and hair and makeup … a real life.'”
Trolls Piled On This Independent Bookstore In Australia, But Australia’s Literary World Fought Back
Men’s rights “swamp monsters” hastened to chastise the store for one of its Facebook posts, giving it a ton of one-star reviews overnight. Then customers, and a flood of others, overwhelmed the one-star reviews with five-star reviews. The bookstore has a special ethos: “‘We are first and foremost a community space with a strong set of beliefs and values, with a community who shares those values. We sell books we love to people who appreciate them,’ said Currie. (One of those regular customers turned up to the bookstore on Tuesday morning having baked them an ‘anti-troll sour cream and walnut cake.’)”