“Sources close to the investigation told El Pais on Sunday the theft appeared to have been a highly professional operation which took place while the owner was away, with the perpetrators disabling the alarm system.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Time-Travel Ballet Is Meant To Heal Some Big Wounds In Canada
“It’s an opportunity to share one of our stories through an artform that isn’t ours, yet a lot of our artistic values and really critical messaging around Indian residential schools comes out in a very comprehensive way in this artform called ballet.”
The Woman Risking Her Life To Spray-Paint Feminist Murals In Kabul
“Hassani’s art shows women in traditional clothing with musical instruments. In subtle ways, they defy gender roles: These women are not playing the instruments to entertain someone else but, rather, wielding them on their own terms.”
In The UK, Rural Theatre Takes Risks
“It made me smile to see one comment from a user who liked the place because it was where he went both to see standup comedy and to give blood. Nobody would ever say that about the National Theatre – but maybe we should be able to. Otherwise, theatre becomes separated from the everyday lives of ordinary people and hidden away in cathedrals to art that have no connection to the real world.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 03.13.16
Anna Sokolow’s Dark Spirit
Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble revives three Anna Sokolow works. Anna Sokolow’s Ride the Culture Loop. L to R: Maya Kite, Alexandra Pfister, Richard Scandola, and I-Nam Jiemvitayanukoon. Photo: Melissa Sobel/Meem Images I’ve told this story before,… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-03-13
Ernestine Anderson, 1928-2016
Ernestine Anderson died on Thursday at the age of 87 at a retirement home in Seattle. The singer’s career of more than six decades began in that city when she was a teenager. She went… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-03-12
Towards the Perfect Identification of Matter and Form, but More Myth than Man?
Definitely a Giorgione, says the current exhibition. “Antonio Brocardo?” from the Szépmüvészti Múzeum, Budapest “He is typical of that aspiration of all the arts towards music,” wrote Pater of Giorgione. “In the Age of… …read more
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2016-03-12
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2016-03-12
CC Chris Devers via Flickr The next time you fail, you will know that you are never alone. You’re among creative individuals like Toni Morrison, Perry Chen, Sarah Kaufman and countless others. Take a look at… … read more
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2016-03-11
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2016-03-11
CC mikou07kougou via Flickr Failing sucks. It can be a difficult time of navigating emotions, goals, and setbacks. Now, picture how much more difficult it is to guide others through a failure. We’re sure that many… … read more
Facebook Keeps On (Stupidly, And Ironically) Suspending This Writer
Facebook is also suspending anyone who shares the original image. “Ironically, Liddle’s original speech notes: ‘Aboriginal women are not acceptable. Older women aren’t acceptable, particularly if their breasts are pendulous rather than perky. Women being semi-naked for the purpose of taking part in women’s culture are not acceptable. If they are going to be semi-naked, it needs to be for the enjoyment of men.'”
Turns Out Disney Movies Don’t Care About The Struggles Of Poor Kids
“Four percent of the total number of primary characters, meaning three main players in the 100 children’s movies surveyed, could be classified as ‘poor.’ In comparison, roughly 25 percent of American children live in poverty.”
The Slow (Painful) Drip Of Ballet Practice
“Studying ballet sucks for quite a while. Unlike everything I’d ever done until that point, at that germy barre, there was correct and then there was abysmal. The first few months are a fight to hack away at the terribleness. Your challenge is to find the grace in that struggle.”
House Of Cards Loses Its Shock Value As The Bizarre 2016 Election Drags On
“While House of Cards tells us that politics is run by corrupt yet effective politicians — whose policy disagreements are settled by a measure of wits — our own political system makes dumpster fires look put together.”
Sometimes, You Need A Handwriting Expert To Decrypt Shakespeare
“She is discovering details that have been overlooked for centuries, from mistranscriptions and mysterious seals to an unpublished document tucked away in the Venice state archives that describes Italian and French diplomats attending ‘Pericles’ in London.”