“Dance medicine is a relatively new field, pioneered by those who dared to understand the art form, to unravel its idiosyncratic aesthetics and its effects on the human body.” A visit with the two physical therapists, two orthopedists and massage therapist on staff at American Ballet Theatre.
Tag: 05.07.11
Where Is Islam’s Martin Luther – Or Martin Luther King?
Irshad Manji: “Today, what Islam needs is not more ‘moderates’ but more self-conscious ‘reformists.’ It is reformists who will bring to my faith the debate, dissent and reinterpretation that have carried Judaism and Christianity into the modern world.”
The Last Days Of Beryl Bainbridge (And Her Unfinished Novel)
For years she was obsessed with, but was unable to finish, writing The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress. During her final illness, says friend Mervyn Bragg, she “was at the centre of tentacles of tubes. She was anguished, exasperated, but very coherent. She said she had it all worked out, and could I fix it that she get 30 days?”
Filmmaker Goes Inside The Irish Dancing World Championships
“The real interest is working out what drives dancers, most of whom train every day, building speed and intricate routines, to excel in a sport where there’s no prize money and very little attention outside an almost entirely closed community. Add to that the fact that they wear costumes which make them look something like oversized dolls.”
‘I Never Thought I’d Have A Ballet Company’: Edouard Lock of La La La Human Steps
“[But] that’s what it is. Theatrical elements and thematic structures are built around movement that is charismatic and complex, but not excessive. … Because my works are socially disturbing and perceived as being deliberately provocative, these aspects have been interpreted as dangerous physicality.”
How Rembrandt Reinvented Jesus
“Western art has frequently stumbled over the contradiction between the ascetic figure of Jesus of Nazareth and the iconography of Christ inspired by the heroic, Hellenistic ideal: Christ as beautiful, tall and broad-shouldered, God’s wide receiver … The poor and ascetic Jesus likely was small and thin and almost certainly olive-skinned, with black hair and brown eyes, and so Rembrandt painted him.”
Art Basel Buys Hong Kong’s ArtHK Art Fair
The owners of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach have “bought a 60% stake in Asian Art Fairs, the owner of the Hong Kong fair ArtHK (which opens its fourth edition in three weeks on 26 May), for an undisclosed price.”
About That Product Placement… (It’s More Complicated Than That)
“What if the true picture of the relationship between brands and pop culture looks not like Godzilla crushing Bambi but more like yin and yang: two powerful and resilient forces that are interconnected and interdependent?”
City University Of NY Will Reconsider Kushner Honor
The CUNY board had blocked an honorary degree for playwright Tony Kushner. “Freedom of thought and expression is the bedrock of any university worthy of the name. But it is not right for the board to consider politics in connection with the award of honorary degrees except in extreme cases not presented by the facts here.”