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Tag: 06.04.19
One Of Jiří Kylián’s Greatest Works Was Inspired By Australian Aboriginal Dancers. After Nearly 40 Years, An Aboriginal Dance Company Is Performing It.
In 1980, Kylián traveled to the Northern Territory to see the largest-ever gathering of Australian Aboriginal tribes; they all spoke different languages, so they communicated with dance. The experience led Kylián to choreograph The Stamping Ground in 1983, and it’s been performed in many countries since. But never in Australia until now, as Bangarra Dance Theatre, the country’s leading Aboriginal company, takes the piece on. – The Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Tilson Thomas Cancels All Summer Concerts, Will Have Cardiac Surgery
The 74-year-old conductor, who withdrew from one weekend of concerts last month due to illness, said in a statement, “‘On the advice of my doctors, I need to undergo this procedure at this time in continuation of treatment for a heart condition I have managed for many years.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
The World Has Become Too Popular – Crowds Are Ruining Everything From The Louvre To Everest
“This phenomenon is known as overtourism, and like breakfast margaritas on an all-inclusive cruise, it is suddenly everywhere. A confluence of macroeconomic factors and changing business trends have led more tourists crowding to popular destinations. That has led to environmental degradation, dangerous conditions, and the immiseration and pricing-out of locals in many places. And it has cities around the world asking one question: Is there anything to be done about being too popular?” – The Atlantic
Can Algorithms Show Us Who To Trust?
Companies like Trust Science have put algorithms on the market that can help compile trustworthiness profiles of individuals and organizations. But does AI really possess such a “social” skill? This is an important question to ask because trust requires socially sensitive skills that are perceived to be uniquely human. So can algorithms providing advice in this area of human interaction be accepted by human decision-makers? – Harvard Business Review
Sarasota Symphony Regroups, Says It Will Consider New Home Outside City Limits
City officials are especially sensitive to the possibility of losing the Sarasota Orchestra after the recent relocation of two other cultural institutions outside of the city. Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The opera that dares you to like it – and so you do. Defiantly.
Ever tried to get a date by saying, “Hey, wanna go see Chunky in Heat? It’s an opera about a girl and her swimming pool. And it’s got six composers.” – David Patrick Stearns
Ojai Music Festival and JACK Quartet
This year’s Ojai Festival was programmed by soprano Barbara Hannigan and features, among other performers, new-music stars the JACK Quartet. The other day I spoke to Jay Campbell, the group’s cellist. – Scott Timberg
Is Dancing An Essential Evolutionary Process That’s Hardwired Into Us?
“What if humans are the primates whose capacity to dance (shared by some birds and mammals) was the signature strategy enabling the evolution of a distinctively large and interconnected brain, empathic heart and ecological adaptability? And what if dancing plays this role for humans not just in prehistoric times, but continuing into the present?” – Aeon
How (Why) James Corden Brought Musical Theatre To Late Night TV (And Made It Work)
“We were going round the table and he just went, “I wonder if there’s a world in which you say L.A. doesn’t really have a theater community, but you’ve made it your mission to bring one, and you’re going to perform them on a crosswalk.” – New York Magazine