In the wake of the #MeToo movement, and a growing consensus that the creators of the 21st century’s cultural artifacts cannot exclusively be white males, some of America’s most prominent ensembles are programming more works by women than ever before.
“Today, the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have upended the public conversation about women’s issues around the world … Have these women’s empowerment movements extinguished the sexism and male patriarchy that women in tap have had to endure? [We] spoke to three stellar women in tap to get their take on the issue.”
Samuel Schultz, then a 23-year-old graduate student at Rice University, says he was frightened of repercussions and hid the alleged event for years. Emboldened by both the #MeToo movement and upon learning that David Daniels had made tenure at the University of Michigan — where he’d be in close personal contact with young aspiring singers … Continue reading “Singer Claims Two Classical Music Stars Raped Him”
Journalist Cynthia Durcanin at how the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have handled this year’s Casanova exhibition, whose curators weren’t exactly expecting the #MeToo movement when they started planning the show in 2014.
There’s been a lot of art about this – and much more may be coming in the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. “Acting’s demands are personal as well as technical. Actors often have to perform a role badly, over and over and over again, before they can perform it well, which is embarrassing … Continue reading “The Fraught Relationship Between Directors And Actors”
France, you have a problem. “Eeveral forces have kept #MeToo and its French counterpart, #BalanceTonPorc, or ‘Expose Your Pig,’ from having the same impact in France that it has had in the United States. In France, if an accused man is not convicted of a crime, it is relatively easy for him to sue his … Continue reading “An Actress Accuses French Director Luc Besson Of Rape, But France Hasn’t Quite Joined The Me Too Movement”
Wow: “Photojournalists described behavior from editors and colleagues that ranged from assault to unwanted advances to comments on their appearance or bodies when they were trying to work. And now, as the #MeToo moment has prompted change across a range of industries—from Hollywood to broadcasting to the arts—photojournalists are calling for their own moment of … Continue reading “The Me Too Moment Of Photojournalism”
“When you watch Vertigo in the age of the internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, it resonates as loudly as a church bell.” Not to mention catfishing and #MeToo.
“Such high profile cases [as those of Sherman Alexie and Junot Díaz] are far from rare as the #MeToo movement spreads across the creative industries. They come at a time when writers are facing increasingly draconian attempts by publishers to police their behaviour, calling into question centuries old assumptions about the desirability – or even … Continue reading “Are Publishers Right To Hold Their Writers To Morality Clauses?”
The cases of Peter Martins and Marcelo Gomes are the only ones from the dance world to have hit the national media in the #MeToo era, and the movement’s momentum seems to have faded in the field seems to have dissipated. “[Yet] we’ve barely scratched the surface of the dance world’s harassment problem. One reason … Continue reading “Why It’s So Difficult For The Dance Field To Root Out Sexual Harassment”
