How a fabulous cocktail-lounge band transformed a respectable classical piano duet into a double-sided tale of thwarted passion. (With special guest appearance by NPR heartthrob Ari Shapiro as the cad.)
Tag: 10.27.09
When Woody Met Ingmar
Liv Ullmann: “We sat down at the table [in Bergman’s New York hotel suite] – and this is the honest to God truth, Ingrid was sitting there, I was sitting there, Ingmar there, and Woody Allen there – and they did not talk. They just looked at each other, almost lovingly.”
Why Are Women Choreographers Lower-Profile Than Men?
“Has dance simply caved into the wider, sexist culture, or are there specific issues affecting the profession right now? And is this apparent marginalisation something women have chosen – or has it been foisted on them?”
Lighting Designer Michael Philippi Dies At 58
“Michael Philippi, a gifted lighting designer whose roots went to the very core of the Chicago theater and who collaborated with Goodman artistic director Robert Falls on his most important projects, collapsed and died Tuesday afternoon on a sidewalk in downtown Chicago.”
Explaining The Urge To Attack Works Of Art
“Of the woman who kissed a canvas to ‘warm it up’ we can say at least she is not as dangerous as the man who deliberately ingested different food colouring to vomit in spectacular colours on canvases of his choice…. What makes an otherwise stupid act of vandalism interesting is the reason given in justification.”
Why Orchestras Aren’t The Best Business Model To Emulate
“[T]o hold up orchestras, and their relationship with conductors, as a business model is to subscribe to an idealized view of classical music as a happy sphere of beautiful golden tones. It doesn’t reflect most orchestras’ reality. Orchestras are notoriously dysfunctional places….”
United Way Will Find, Train NYC Board Members
“The program, called BoardServeNYC, is hoping to train 500 volunteers in nonprofit governance each year and then connect those volunteers with nonprofits seeking new directors.” The need is in “the more than 8,000 smaller nonprofits, particularly those located outside of Manhattan.”
Might We Be Happier In Another Language?
“[D]o some languages contain an intrinsic bias towards pulling happy faces? In other words, do some languages predispose — in a subtle way — their speakers to be merrier than the speakers of other languages?”
Arts Council England Warns Against Funding Cuts
“[ACE] chief executive Alan Davey has warned any future government against cutting public funding for the arts, arguing that not only will it affect the cultural quality of life in the country but will also be economically damaging. … [He] insisted that every £1 of public money invested in the arts levers a further £2 from elsewhere.”
Even Dance Has A Mommy-Track Problem
“Dance is suffering from a shortage of high-profile women because of the difficulties faced by female choreographers trying to juggle a career in the sector with motherhood, according to leading industry figures.”