“Apprenticeships are relatively brief … and dancers must quickly adjust from the coddled life of a senior student (or, in the case of ABT II members, that of a soloist) to one in which attention is a precious and rarely bestowed commodity.”
Tag: 09.01.10
China Learns to Love Outdoor Rock Concerts
“The Middle Kingdom may not yet have a Glastonbury or V Festival, but Archie Hamilton’s company Splitworks is doing its best to promote a fledgling live music scene.”
RSC’s New Digs at Stratford to Include Amateur Performances
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd says that he wants “to use [the new facility’s] opening to put amateur theatre ‘centre stage’ and help overcome the ‘crucifix and garlic’ attitude between professional and amateur sectors.”
Philly’s Kimmel Center Also Tries Outdoor Video (And A Wolfgang Puck Eatery, Too)
The Kimmel plans to install a 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5-foot, two-screen video cube at the building’s most-trafficked corner. In addition, the center is bringing in Puck to create a restaurant in what is currently the ground-floor gift shop space.
Scandal – We’ve Gotta Have It, Part III: Guilty Secrets Seek Outlets (Especially When You’re Famous)
“[It’s] one of the interesting paradoxes of our times that [the former Mrs. Tiger Woods] can be referred to in all apparent earnestness as ‘fiercely private’ while also publicizing her private pain in a mass-circulation periodical.” Do famous people have a special weakness for those who will kiss and tell?
An Expensive Change Of Course For “Phantom” Sequel
“Lloyd Webber will choose the stronger of two productions and bring that one to New York at some point. This is the kind of scheme — expensive, theatrical, preposterous, harebrained — that’s earned Lloyd Webber his own nickname: Lord Bonkers.”
5000 With Something To Prove About Morris Dancing
“Combining art, music and a lot of jangly-belled leaping, the event aims to prove that morris dancing is not only alive and kicking but is a potent tradition that should be celebrated, not sniggered at.”
Amazon Entering The Movie Streaming Business?
“Amazon.com Inc. is working on a new subscription service that would deliver TV shows and movies over the Internet, ramping up the battle among Web companies to control entertainment in the living room.”
Just How Do We Assert The Value Of Artists In Our Culture?
“Though government and academic aims are often different, their views toward the struggling artist are often the same, arrogant without knowing, and dismissive without cause.”
Russian Readers Turn To Blogs For Their News (State Media Is Highly Censored) But…
“The FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, wants to force Internet service providers to remove undesirable websites. A law also requires these providers to install hardware at their own expense that allows the FSB — with a judge’s authorization — to keep track of the websites people visit and the e-mails they write.”