“Unlike almost any other ballet dancer — only Mikhail Baryshnikov, and to some extent Nureyev, come to mind — she not only went on to have a superstar career as an interpreter of the classics but also made an apparently effortless transition into works by contemporary choreographers while remaining a big-name box-office draw.”
Tag: 04.01.12
Want To Learn More About Literature? Put Those Earbuds In, And Start Walking
“Billed as an East Village poetry walk, the project, ‘Passing Stranger,’ is a site-specific audio tour that guides listeners through the history of the neighborhood’s interconnected writers and shakers, with interviews, archival recordings and recitations of poems. Narrated by the filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, with music by John Zorn, it is a literary and geographic keepsake, a portrait of a bohemian community that still resounds.”
British Actors Call For Withdrawal Of Israeli Theatre From Festival
British actors, including Emma Thompson, have asked the Globe Theatre to remove an Israeli theatre troupe from an upcoming Shakespeare festival because of issues around Palestinians and Israeli settlers.
A European Opera Star Makes Her Way To New York – Finally (And Briefly)
“Operatic careers work in mysterious ways, particularly for performers with strong, idiosyncratic ideas. The repertory that was long [Anna Caterina] Antonacci’s specialty — Rossini’s serious operas and the declamatory Baroque of Monteverdi and Gluck — has never been popular in America. And though she is well represented on DVD, Ms. Antonacci has never had the support and publicity muscle of a major record label.” But at least she’s finally on tour in the U.S.
Peter Dinklage Is No Faerie (Or Elf). He Is, And Plays, A Powerful Man
Peter Dinklage turned down many insulting roles on his way to winning the part of Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, and he’s damn glad. “For fans of the novels, Tyrion is among the most beloved among the scores of kings, warriors, wenches, slaves, queens and monsters that populate George R. R. Martin’s world.”
Want The Last Encyclopedia Britannica? Get In Line
The final print edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is selling like hotcakes. Faster (and heavier) than hotcakes, actually. And all the company had to do to get these numbers was kill the product.
Swedish Lunch Means Dance, Dance, Dance
What better time to get hot and sweaty with everyone from the office? It’s a new craze – and it’s sweeping Europe.
Google Maps … For Nintendo
Best April Fool’s joke ever from Google? (There’s an actual, kind of enjoyable, game involved.)
Beethoven’s 10th: Found!
Now it’s not just Beethoven’s famous nine symphonies – there’s a 10th! See, there was this folder in the Masonic Temple, and a transcribing piano … or something like that. Even the New York Phil’s Alan Gilbert can’t wait to schedule this one for performance.
[Remember, It’s April 1st]
Hey, U.S. Museums: Turkey Called. It Wants Its Art Back
“The government of Turkey is asking American museums to return dozens of artifacts that were allegedly looted from the country’s archaeological sites, opening a new front in the search for antiquities smuggled out of their original countries through an illicit trade.”