As Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes retire, “the greater burden is on ABT, losing one-third of its roster of top-rank ballerinas. Casting for its spring-summer run in New York suggests soloists Misty Copeland and Sarah Lane may be in line for promotion. But there is no replacing the veteran ballerinas.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Sydney Theatre Refuses To Let A Jewish Youth Group Perform
“Their inquiry was dismissed with an unsigned email that read: ‘Our policy does not support colonialism/Zionism. Therefore we do not host groups that support the colonisation and occupation of Palestine.'”
British Copyright Law Changes Are A Disaster For The Arts And Artists
“The new regulation makes copyright breach in Britain a criminal, rather than a civil, offense. That is not just out of proportion but totally and utterly insane. Are we now going to start sending art publishers, authors, artists and museum curators to jail?”
Is It Time For Hollywood And China To Get Even Closer?
“We are at an interesting point on the road. Maybe a turning point. To date there has been more talk than action. Looking forward we will see more action with every passing year. We’ve moved from the looking stage to the consummation.”
Creative Men, Growing Old(er)
“For classical-music lovers, the movie is a treat, albeit a mixed one. It’s a source of exalted moments and a springboard for big ideas — but some of those moments and ideas evoke fractures in Bernstein’s world view and Hawke’s filmmaking.”
How Nature Writing Became Such A Powerful Literary Force
“Bondage is so last year. Publishers who spent much of the past year in search of the next Fifty Shades of Grey are now seeking to exploit another literary phenomenon: the British public’s seemingly unfettered desire for nature writing.”
The Actor Who Wished He’d Never Heard Of Ed Wood
“Gregory Walcott, an admired actor who appeared in such memorable films as Mister Roberts, The Eiger Sanction, Norma Rae and, unfortunately for him, Ed Wood’s lamentable Plan 9 From Outer Space, has died. He was 87.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Says People Now Read Novels Purely For Fun
Mario Vargas Llosa: “You have such a mass of information about everything that qualification disappears completely, and everything is equally measured…. Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.”
South By Southwest Allows Young Musicians Into The Spotlight
“The promise for musicians is that a stray festival encounter or its ripples across the Internet can bring new opportunities, and many of them spend the festival in a whirlwind of performances, interviews, handshaking and making contacts.”
South By Southwest Is A Huge Scam That Exploits Musicians (And Many Others)
“How is this different, you might ask, from unpaid internships at accounting firms or on Wall Street? How is it different from writers or artists working for “exposure”? I’ll tell you how it’s different: It’s not. It’s the same horrible, terrible, no good, very bad thing. And it’s wrong.”