“After 16 years as a highflier at New York’s famed American Ballet Theatre, José Manuel Carreño has landed a new role: trying to get the struggling Ballet San Jose back on its feet.”
Tag: 02.10.14
Armenia’s National Opera Begins Strike Right Before Performance
Joining widespread and growing protests against a partial privatization of the national pension scheme, the staff and performers of the National Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan walked out just before curtain time. (in English)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.10.14
What Are the Arts For?
Source: CultureCrash | Published on 2014-02-10
Unconventional Partnerships: Let’s Have More
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-02-11
New Trails for Traditions
Source: Dancebeat | Published on 2014-02-10
Shostakovich Decoded
Source: Unanswered Question | Published on 2014-02-11
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FCC Chairman Ponders A Move On Net Neutrality
Tom Wheeler “has yet to speak plainly about his plans to overcome the net neutrality decision. Critics say that in doing so he has hidden just how much power the F.C.C. had gained from the decision.”
Can Wikipedia Survive In an Increasingly Mobile World?
“The fact that people increasingly use the Internet with a smartphone, and only a smartphone, has disrupted television, books and news, among other things, and media companies have scrambled to adjust. Wikipedia, the world’s fifth-largest website, but one with a relatively minuscule operating budget, has been especially slow to adapt to a mobile world.”
Royal Ballet Cancels Ballet In Mid-Performance After Collision
“Natalia Osipova, who recently joined the Royal Ballet as a principal dancer, sustained a mild concussion on Saturday afternoon in a collision with a fellow dancer… The cancellation of a ballet is highly unusual, because a second cast or understudies are usually available to replace an injured dancer.”
New Data: Our TV-Watching Habits Are Changing Quickly
“In the past year, time-shifting of television content grew by almost two hours, averaging 13 hours per month, the study found. Viewers averaged nearly 134 hours of live TV viewing a month in 2013, down nearly three hours from 2012.”
European Parliament Supports New Rules For How Airlines Deal With Musical Instruments
The European Parliament has agreed to a revision of air passenger rights, which includes a reform that would mean air carriers “must accept smaller instruments into the passenger cabin” and “must clearly indicate the terms and conditions for the transport of larger instruments in the cargo hold”.
German Museum Cancels Balthus Show After Charges Of Pedophilia
In December, the German newspaper Die Zeit criticised the planned exhibition at the Essen museum, calling the images “documents of paedophile greed”.
Cultural Theorist Stuart Hall, 82
“Hall was always among the first to identify key questions of the age, and routinely sceptical about easy answers. A spellbinding orator and a teacher of enormous influence, he never indulged in academic point-scoring.”