“In a recent survey investors ranked art second only to property as the best place to park one’s hard earned cash. But just like any other asset it might not turn a profit.”
Tag: 08.08.03
Wholesale Makeover Of Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet will look very different this fall. That’s because 32 of the company’s 55 dancers will be new to the company. “Any time you have a big bunch of new dancers,” artistic director Mikko Nissinen said, “it changes the company’s chemistry.” To find his new hires, he held auditions in London, New York, and Boston. “I saw over 1,000 people in the process. They’re going to enhance the qualities I’m emphasizing onstage: more musicality; clean technique; simple, fresh presentation; and quality, quality, quality.”
Movies Get Back To Questioning Authority
“Two years less a month after the devastations of 9/11, an event that sparked flag-waving and brought the U.S. international sympathy not seen since World War II, the movies are getting back to the business of questioning American authority…”
Where Aussie Arts Sponsorship Money Goes
In Australia “about 6 per cent of all business sponsorship money goes to the arts, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. That added up to $29.2 million in 1996-97, the last time such figures were collected.” And where does the arts money go? Mostly to established traditional arts ventures. “Other parts of the arts miss out because their works are too confronting and edgy for sponsors, art figures say.”
Looking For A Definition Of Black Theatre
At the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, it’s time for a question – what exactly is black theatre? “Ask for a definition of black theater, and no consensus really emerges. Some suggest it’s theater that celebrates black people and the black experience, as do a plethora of shows here this week based on real lives…”
Dancing Across The Screen…
Summer is the doldrums for dance. But the video store offers a surprising wealth of good movies featuring dance…if you know where to look…
Making A Go Of It On The Net
“Can an individual with a talent for writing, drawing, photography or music use the internet, not to create millions, but to make enough to live comfortably and do what they want to do professionally? The answer may well turn out to be a hesitant yes. Six years on from the start of the popular web explosion, people are adjusting to paying for content on the internet.”
Julius Baker, 87
“Julius Baker, the principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic for 18 years and the most prominent American flutist of his generation, died on Wednesday in Danbury, Conn. He was 87 and lived in Brewster, N.Y. As an orchestral player, he was principal flutist in several of the best orchestras in the United States. As a performer and a teacher, he was an institution among flutists…”
The Whitney’s New Director
Adam Weinberg is the new director of the Whitney Museum. “Weinberg, who has been director of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., since 1999, is no stranger to the Whitney. He has worked there twice before, most recently as a senior curator. He succeeds Maxwell L. Anderson, who resigned under fire in May.”
Record Crowds At Australian National Gallery
Australia’s new National Gallery of Victoria is a big hit with crowds. “About 1.5 million people have visited the Potter Centre in its first nine months.” The gallery is so popular and “donors are so keen to be part of the action they have contributed more than $70 million under three different schemes in the past four years – a record for Victoria, if not the country.”