“The Metropolitan Opera has decided to disband its resident ballet company, whose roots date back to the opera’s founding in 1883. The 8 remaining dancers of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, down from 16 in 2011, have accepted buyout packages and left the company.”
Tag: 05.21.13
Where Would We Be Without Kierkegaard?
“The great Danish philosopher of subjectivity would have been two hundred years old on May 5th, and, looking back, we can see that ironic, angst-ridden modern literature begins with him. Strindberg, Ibsen, Nietzsche, Kafka, Borges, Camus, Sartre, and Wittgenstein are among his heirs – and without him, where would Woody Allen be?”