Or call them “dramaturges” after the research supporters of the theatre world – or, heck, call them collaborators: “Some choreographers have turned to a more collaborative process, using dance dramaturges to help work through the creation and staging of a dance.” – The Washington Post
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How To Write A Book In Ten Days
First, don’t think too much about writing a book. Second, cheat. – LitHub
The Chicago Symphony Strike Has Ended
The strike lasted for seven weeks and, though the musicians didn’t get everything they wanted in terms of gaining wages and pensions, at least they stopped losing. As one musician (and negotiator) says, “We were successful in changing the direction, the trend.” – Chicago Tribune
Is “The Death Of The Critic” A Tired Trope That Needs Retiring?
“What if the critic doesn’t need more audacity, or more ruthlessness; what if there isn’t one “tone of the time” waiting for their elucidation – indeed, what if nothing but mass popularity is missing? Relinquish the assumption that the mainstream is the critic’s rightful inheritance, and the anxiety might start falling away.” – Times Literary Supplement
How Changes In Facebook’s Algorithm Disadvantaged The Arts
The algorithm discouraged sharing of news. “While every subject group saw major reductions, on a percentage basis arts and entertainment referrals from Facebook to news pieces took the greatest hit. Legal issues may have been down 25%, politics down 34% and education down 35%, but arts and entertainment referrals were driven down by 71% overall.” – The Stage
Suggestion: Canadian Theatre Needs A New Funding Narrative
Jesse Lavercombe: “I think Canada needs a new narrative for itself that isn’t so much about buttressing a fortress or perfectly defining our national identity, but participating in a larger conversation. I’m not advocating for changes in CanCon regulations, and I’m certainly not advocating for less public funding (because it pays my rent, which in Toronto ain’t cheap), but those efforts shouldn’t come from a place of insecurity. Our public funding should be dedicated to raising the bar of our work and showing off that work to the world, not protecting us from the threat of our big brother to the south.” – Howlround
How Mavis Staines Started A Ballet Revolution
Today, many of the Staines’ radical ideas — student-led teaching, community outreach, globally relevant ideologies and an emphasis on physical and mental health — are commonplace. And many of Staines’s students, whether they have continued in dance or not, have gone on to preach and evolve her doctrine. – The Globe & Mail
Scientists Make Progress On Decoding Speech Inside The Brain
Although still a long way from restoring natural speech, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have generated intelligible sentences from the thoughts of people without speech difficulties. – Scientific American
Academics Worldwide Worry About New Online Censorship Law In Singapore
Earlier this month, the country’s government introduced a draft of the Protection From Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act. It would authorize any minister in Singapore to order “corrections” to online content hosted anywhere in the world if the minister deemed that a statement is “false or misleading” in whole or in part, when that statement is made available online to one or more users in Singapore and it is deemed to be in the public interest to issue such a correction. – Inside Higher Ed
Jan Morris At 92
“Morris has lived many lives, and it is impossible to separate who she is now from who she was before. … She is impatient with questions about transgender politics, possibly because she made peace with her own decisions so long ago. Having reached her age and lived for equal amounts of time as a man and as a woman, she says, the transition she made so long ago somehow feels less relevant.” – The New York Times