“The Ford Foundation grant will fund the DTH School and Dancing Through Barriers, its education and community outreach program. Over the next four years, the DTH School will develop and implement a strategic recruitment plan, augment its curriculum to offer more robust training and artistic experiences including guest faculty and choreographers for its students. It will also formulate a comprehensive K-12 curriculum for use in rendering its education activities and residencies in New York City and around the world.”
Tag: 05.24.06
Zimbabwe Cracks Down On Playwright
Playwrights in Zimbabwe say they are being targeted by the government. “Nervous that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change is getting ready to launch a violent campaign to end his 26 years of rule, the head of state has targeted poets, playwrights, satirists – even nightclub stand up comedians – and branded them all as “enemies of the people.”
Have Critics Lost Their Clout? (The Critic-Proof Project)
“By proving just as immune to hostile reviews on the screen as on the page, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code raises the question of whether printed and broadcast opinion matters at all. Has our culture now created a sort of genetically modified turkey – the critic-proof product?”
Toronto Arts Groups Seek Funding For Buildings From Feds
Six major Toronto arts organizations take their case for added funding for building projects to the federal finance minister. “The institutions, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Royal Ontario Museum, are looking for a $49-million investment from the Harper Conservatives to help them complete various building projects.”
ITV Opposes BBC Rate Hike
The British commercial TV network ITV is opposing the increase the BBC is asking in the home license fee. “The BBC has asked the government for a rise of 2.3% above inflation for the next seven years, meaning the licence could rise to £180 by 2013. But an independent report commissioned by ITV argues the corporation needs a licence fee – currently £131.50 – rising only at the rate of inflation.”
New Licensing Scheme Killing UK Live Music?
A new venue-licensing regulation in the UK is killing live music in small venues, say musicians. “Reports have been received by Equity branches that the work involved in getting an entertainment license now means many venues have simply stopped using live performers altogether and reverted to using recorded music.”
Is Berlin Tiring Of Rattle?
The critics are starting to turn on conductor Simon Rattle, four years into his reign atop the Berlin Philharmonic. He’s being accuse of “being boring and predictable, and inducing ‘mild despair’ in his audiences.”
An Architect Planning The Gulf Coast
Andrés Duany is the prophet of new urbanism. “Opponents cast this architect as an imperious enemy of progressive design and a threat to the Gulf Coast, where he has been involved in plans to redesign communities that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.”
Writers Want Voice In TV Product Placement
Product placement in TV shows is getting bolder. The Writers Guild of America says they “recognize ad integration is here to stay. What they want is to negotiate with networks a process that gives creators a say in what can and can’t be done, and they said the networks haven’t been willing to put that on paper.”
Zukerman: National Arts Center Orchestra Needs New Hall
Pinchas Zukerman wants a new hall for Ottawa’s National Arts Center Orchestra. “The orchestra needs a new venue because there is not enough space at its current location, Zukerman said. He added that a new building would give the orchestra a new identity and downtown Ottawa some much-needed nightlife. Zukerman said he envisions the new facility to be a world-class building that would have three halls – a 2,000-seater, a 1,200-seater and a 500-seater – as well as an orchestral academy for budding musicians.”