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What Hope Is There For Rebuilding Notre-Dame Amid The COVID Economic Disaster? Another Cathedral May Provide An Answer
However difficult things may be once the coronavirus is under control, they likely won’t be as bad as in Germany just after World War II. Cologne Cathedral had been hit 14 times by Allied bombs. Yet it was rebuilt and reopened. Here’s a look at how. – National Geographic
Germany Will Provide Money And Craftspeople To Rebuild Notre-Dame’s Upper Windows
“The exact scope and nature of Germany’s contribution will be determined in the coming months on the basis of studies on the ground, [a] statement said, adding that three glass workshops at German cathedrals have the extensive expertise and experience necessary to undertake the restoration of the clerestory windows.” – The Art Newspaper
Artists Have To Turn On Peak Performance On Demand. So Do Athletes. Enter Sports Psychologists
There’s a lot more money in pro sports, and athletes have benefited from psychologists who teach them how to turn in their best on demand. So it makes sense that the sports doctors are working with artists. – San Francisco Classical Voice
Wynn Handman, Revered Director And Acting Teacher, Dead Of COVID At 97
His American Place Theater staged important early work by the likes of Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornés, Eric Bogosian, and the poet Robert Lowell, but “his greatest hits, it might be said, were the actors who came through his classes, which he began teaching in the 1950s” — among the many were James Caan, Joel Grey, Faye Dunaway, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman, and John Leguizamo. Even at age 97, he was still leading classes. – The New York Times
How’s The Bolshoi Handling The Epidemic And Shutdown? Nervously
In an extensive Q&A, Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin talks about how the dancers, singers and instrumentalists are and aren’t continuing to get paid, how everyone is trying to stay in shape, trying to plan for a very uncertain future, what the Bolshoi’s (and the arts’) relationship with audiences will be (including the prices they’ll be willing to pay) post-COVID, and the best- and worst-case scenarios for Russia’s flagship ballet/opera house (“if we don’t open in September, it could go as far as the destruction of the theatre”). – Kommersant (Moscow) via Melmoth
Some Cities With Closed Libraries Are Making Librarians Come To The Buildings To Work
“Though many libraries have sent workers home, with pay, several systems in states like Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado have required at least some staff members to keep coming to work. This has prompted criticism from some librarians, including those whose systems have made different arrangements.” – The New York Times
Susan Jaffe Appointed Artistic Director Of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
“The former American Ballet Theatre principal and ballet mistress … will succeed Terrence Orr, who announced last year his intent to retire this summer after 23 years.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Instead Of Canceling Rest Of Its Season, Minnesota Orchestra Rearranges It
The five remaining regular-season concerts are being rescheduled (with some change of program) to August and September, and 2020’s Summer at Orchestra Hall (formerly Sommerfest) will be postponed to 2021. The orchestra’s 2020-21 season is expected to open as usual in late September. – St. Paul Pioneer Press
Condé Nast Starts Its Pay Cuts At The Top
“The salaries of those earning $100,000 or more — just under half the company — will be reduced by 10 to 20 percent for five months, starting in May, [a] memo said. The pay of executives in the senior management team, including Anna Wintour, the artistic director and Condé Nast’s best-known figurehead, will be cut 20 percent,” with CEO Roger Lynch giving up half his pay. – The New York Times