The new full-length version of the fairy tale is a co-commission of the Dutch National Ballet, where it will premiere this December, and San Francisco Ballet, which will present the work in 2013.
Tag: 02.15.12
UK Musicians Demand Airlines Standardize Rules For Transporting Instruments
“British musicians are calling for a consistent policy on carrying instruments on planes across airlines, after a similar bill was passed in the US. … The Musicians’ Union is asking the British government to standardise requirements because ‘musicians regularly have problems taking their instruments on planes due to inconsistent policies from airlines and extortionate fees’.”
Bourne Identity Director Is Crowd-Sourcing Documentary On Torture
In a collaboration with PEN American Center and the ACLU, Doug Liman “will create a feature-length film whose script is compiled from various documents on prisoner abuse and torture [during the Bush administration’s War on Terror] … and whose footage will consist of user-submitted videos of their readings of these documents.”
Marina Abramovic To Create Performance Art Museum
“Marina Abramovic signed a deal with architect Rem Koolhaas earlier this week to design and construct her Center for the Preservation of Performance Art in Hudson, New York. … and the museum will be devoted to performance art pieces of ‘six hours minimum.’ Some of them will go on for days.”
Why Web Streaming Is No Substitute For Classical Music Radio
“I miss that idea of a narrative in a musical selection, the idea that the DJ takes you on a journey.”
How The Internet Is Killing The Cartooning Business
“I have a big web audience, and a lot of my cartoons are incredibly popular. They fly around the web more than a lot of articles do, but for whatever reason, cartoons aren’t on the budget.”
A Way to Save The Book Business
“E-books are here to stay. But there’s a way to save the overall book business for both print and electronic editions. The solution requires three parts.”
Just Where Is That Line Between Fact And Fiction Again?
“You feel misled by my essay. I accept that. You feel that it’s inappropriate for me to have done this. While I feel that it’s a necessary part of my job to do this. By taking these liberties, I’m making a better work of art–a truer experience for the reader–than if I stuck to the facts.”
Do E-Books Bring Us Closer To The “Printed” Word?
“The e-book, by eliminating all variations in the appearance and weight of the material object we hold in our hand and by discouraging anything but our focus on where we are in the sequence of words (the page once read disappears, the page to come has yet to appear) would seem to bring us closer than the paper book to the essence of the literary experience.”
Storytelling Lab The Moth Wins Big MacArthur Grant
“The Moth, a New York City-based group dedicated to the art of storytelling … [was] among the 15 organizations in 6 countries to receive the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Leadership … The money will be used to expand ‘The Moth Radio Hour’ from 10 episodes a year to a weekly series … [and to] enable the non-profit group to help preserve its video and audio archive.”