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Tag: 11.13.11
Naked Onstage: Olympia Dukakis And Charlayne Woodard Talk Performance
“You have to be brave — and give yourself to the story. If it’s not scary to you, then, so what? I like to see plays where people are giving it up.”
A Choreographer Who Doesn’t Really Love Dance, Except When He Does
Choreographer John Jasperse has a new show opening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, but he’s still ambivalent about dance. “With me it’s very much like I’m simultaneously really committed to it and have a deep problem with it.”
The Cellist Doesn’t Remember Anything At All, Except For Music
A virus destroyed almost all of a German cellist’s memory for facts and experiences – but he hasn’t forgotten music, or how to hear new pieces. Researcheds think musical memory might be stored in an entirely different part of the brain.
Folk Music Is Suddenly Hot Again
After several decades being ridiculed as a national embarrassment, folk music is flying. Its big names, such as Seth Lakeman and the Unthanks, enjoy major label status, while its profile has been raised ever higher by the commercial success of crossover acts Mumford & Sons — recently nominated for a Grammy Award — and Laura Marling, who last year even topped NME’s celebrated “Cool List”.