Unplugged, soft-spoken and unchaotic — parents now, rather than children — is a good summary of the Bang on a Can founders these days, even as their energy is undimmed. Their work, once punkishly outsiderish, is now showered with mainstream accolades.
Tag: 04.21.17
Ludovic Morlot To Leave Seattle Symphony
“We were very aggressive about being relevant for the community we were in,” Morlot said. “We want people to feel that this symphony is their community orchestra.” But that part of his job, he said, “is crucial but sometimes exhausting” — the fundraising, the meetings, the oversight for educational programs and civic engagement.
What Do You Do After You Found An Itinerant Theatre Troupe With $500 And Then Keep It Going For 25 Years?
Michelle Hensley founded Ten Thousand Things, which “pioneered an operating style — paying good wages to top-notch actors while cutting costs by keeping designs minimal — now practiced by at least eight companies nationwide.” Now she’s stepping down.
Sam Wanamaker’s 44-Year Battle (Partly Against Snobbery Toward Americans) To Rebuild Shakespeare’s Globe In London
Director Dominic Dromgoole: “The British desire not to do things, not to make things, can be very wearying. But Wanamaker, an extraordinary blend of charmer, irritant, huckster, dreamer and impresario, plowed on.”
What’s It Like To Spend The Night In Elsinore?
Even when you’re not Hamlet, it can be a little … intense. It started here: “I won a contest hosted by Airbnb, where entrants were invited to explain why they wanted to spend the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death at Kronborg Castle — better known to the English-speaking world as Elsinore.”
The Full Return Of Pianist And Composer Ryuchi Sakamoto
The 65-year-old was shocked when a lump he discovered on his neck in 2014 was cancerous, but now he’s in full remission and resuming his career with a vengeance (and hoping to premiere an opera in 2019).
The Globe’s Older Romeo Says Everyone Wants To Do Their Best For Emma Rice
Edward Hogg isn’t thrilled about the dismissal of Rice: “It’s very sad, really. Especially at a time like this, you really need your true artists, people like Emma, at the forefront of big theatres like the Globe. I’m such a big Emma Rice fan, so with this we want to do our best not only for ourselves and for our show but for Emma as well.”
The Pennsylvania Ballet’s Relatively New Ballet Mistress And Executive Director Are Leaving
“The chairman of the ballet’s board of trustees, David Hoffman, said he was sorry the company was losing them but added: ‘I wish them well. People should take opportunities when they get them.'”
A Director Prepares To Step Down, After 37 Years, From A Dance Institution
Deborah Riley, longtime co-director of Dance Place, steps down in August, and finding the next director is hectic. “‘It’s been my family,’ she acknowledges. But she won’t miss the constant worries that go along with managing morning-to-night classes for adults and children, after-school programs, summer camps, visiting artists and performances nearly every weekend — and always, always, the funding concerns.”
Taking The Art Outside
There’s a “growing global trend among arts institutions that are trying to make an artistic statement while engaging visitors, both returning and new.” And that’s just the authorized projections.