“The ‘On the Couch: An Inner Monologue Competition’ is part of the Company’s ‘Inner Landscape’ theme for the season. It asks contestants to download a three-minute video of a dancer … [and] add voice-over or text to the video that reveals the character’s thoughts beginning with the sentence, ‘Doctor, it’s happening again’.”
Tag: 11.25.11
Was The FBI Behind The Art Theft In Nice? (That’s What The Thieves Say)
“Seven people go on trial on Monday for the multi-million pound theft of a Monet, Sisley and two Breughels in Nice but their leader claims the FBI’s art crimes chief ‘ordered’ the heist.”
If You Must Take Children (Or Grandchildren) To The Nutcracker …
Then this article has some serious tips for you.
Fashions For Shakespeare Bring Richard II Back To Life
Why is Richard II – one of the most beautiful but also most archaic of Shakespeare’s plays – suddenly all the rage again?
Are You Copying That? Well, Fine. That’s What Artists Do
Novelist Charlie Fletcher: “I was swimming in the Musselburgh pool with Peggy Lee and Iggy Pop when I decided to steal Long John Silver.”
Political Tides Changing Art – And Delaying Museum Construction
“The affluent emirate of Abu Dhabi appears to be revising its cultural policy. The Arab spring has ushered in a shift in consciousness across the region; citizens are re-considering their rights while rulers watch their step.”
We’re All Human, Watching Each Other Watch Each Other
On reaction videos: “The great lesson of the genre is that we are physically different — our couches, beds, hairstyles — but spiritually uniform. A grandmother sitting in front of a ferret cage is the same as two college girls in a dorm room.”