“The release of the movie could have led to demonstrations and trouble,” said Andhra Pradesh’s special chief secretary, Paul Bhuyan. Andhra Pradesh is the seventh Indian state to have banned the screening of the film, which was released in May.”
Tag: 06.04.06
Reinventing the Ballerina
Everyone’s been talking about American Ballet Theatre’s spectacular male dances. But Gillian Murphy offers a new model for a woman dancer, writes Apollinaire Sherr.
Can Jazz Save New Orleans?
“If the Chicago owners of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans and their Crescent City partners can pull together $716 million in financing, New Orleans will have a 200,000-square foot National Jazz Center, a 20-acre jazz park featuring live music performances and an under-the-stars amphitheater and band shell. The complex will be home to the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and the centerpiece of a larger plan to refurbish the hurricane-battered Hyatt Regency New Orleans and erect new government buildings.”
Sun-Times Gets A New Books Editor
Cheryl Reed is the new Chicago Sun-Times books editor: “I’m hoping in these pages to cultivate a community of readers, to celebrate good books whether they have a high profile or none at all. I want to highlight good storytelling, not just beautiful language, but books that enthrall and captivate, that keep you up at night poring over their pages.”
Barenboim After Chicago
What will Daniel Barenboim do after leaving the Chicago Symphony? “I will play more piano. I always knew that with this job [as music director], I would have a limited amount of time to play the piano. But I won’t have to do that anymore. You know my rhythm here with chamber music and recitals, which I do because otherwise I don’t play for too long. Do I want to overextend myself and play, or take the necessary risk and not play for too long? I don’t want that anymore.”
Detroit – An Orchestra Adrift?
“Four years into the search to replace music director emeritus Neeme Järvi, the Detroit Symphony hasn’t selected a successor and a decision may be six months or a year away, perhaps longer.” While “the orchestra has given committed and expressive performances, yet the scent of unfulfilled potential lingers like a summer cold.” Here’a a list of potential music directors.
LACMA’s New Helmsman
The LA County Museum of Art’s new director has a lot of balancing to do. “Inside LACMA, board members and staffers say they’re counting on Michael Govan to lead growth and to build the reputation of an institution that hasn’t had an art specialist at its helm in a decade. Outside the museum, arts leaders say the biggest challenge will be winning and keeping donors — the formidable Broad, for instance — without handing them the keys to the museum.”
Brand: Refiguring The Getty
Michael Brand is making his mark as director of the Getty Museum. “He’s haggling with Greeks. He’s dickering with Italians. He’s looking to fill a couple of big jobs while waiting to see who his new boss will be. And most of all, he’s trying to nudge the institution toward equilibrium after the most scandal-marred, morale-sapping year since the late J.P. Getty started showing off his art collection three decades ago.”