– to go at auction. BBC
Tag: 12/07.99
ALL THE SPIN DOCTOR!
Philadelphia Orchestra is desperate to raise the last $25 million for its new hall. Will it sell its current digs – the venerable Academy of Music? Absolutely not, it says. But…the orchestra would “transfer ownership” of the Academy in exchange for $50 million. “Under the right conditions, the orchestra would accept money for the 142-year-old hall, turn over title to someone else, and no longer own it.” But it wouldn’t be a sale. Really. Confused? – Philadelphia Inquirer
NEW YORK CITY BALLET comes to agreement –
– with striking musicians. – New York Times
ALSO: Musicians vote to accept contract – New York Times 12/8/99
STREET HOCKEY, MOUNTIES AND A HUDSON’S BAY BLANKET
Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s new “Canadianized” Nutcracker has audiences jumping to their feet to cheer. Some critics, on the other hand… – Toronto Globe and Mail
A STRANGER’S TASTE
Siobhan Davies was given four weeks to create an opening piece for the Royal Ballet’s reentry to Covent Garden. “While the Royal Ballet is badly in need of new ideas and fresh choreography, Davies was a strange choice. Barefoot, weighted and understated, her choreography is a wriggly, dense, slippery kind of calligraphy in which the entire body seems to slither in a constant motion that you can never quite freeze in your head.” – London Telegraph