The composer’s speech at the Dance Magazine Awards moved editor Wendy Perron (and much of the audience) so much “that I wanted to transcribe it and share it with you.”
Tag: 12.16.13
Could This Syrian Exile Be The Arab World’s Next Breakout Writer?
Lydia Davis introduces us to Osama Alomar, a 45-year-old Damascan now living in Chicago, and his very short stories, several of which (at about of paragraph each) are included.
How Cats Domesticated Humans: Archaeologists Find Physical Evidence
You’ve probably heard the hypothesis before (or even thought of it yourself), but this find is one of the first to take the idea beyond speculation.
High Notes and Low Tones for Classical Music in 2013
WQXR’s Brian Wise offers citations for Worst Financial Woes (a competitive category), Most Complicated Anniversary, Best and Worst Marketing Ploys, and Podium Pharmacist of 2013 (that would be Michael Tilson Thomas).
Britten in Venice in Moscow
Countertenor Iestyn Davies writes of his trip to the Russian capital to give special Britten centenary performances of the Canticles and Death in Venice with Ian Bostridge and Gennady Rozhdestvensky (who knew and worked with Britten) to people who had never heard this music before.
China’s New Mega-Collectors
“They joust with one another at auction houses, where the fevered bidding has driven up prices to the point that some jades, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings now fetch huge sums. In 2011, for instance, a Ming dynasty vase sold for $140 million at an auction in Macau.”
Was Helen Mirren’s Evening Standard Award Rigged?
Three of the five outside jurors for the prestigious London theatre honours have quit – the first mass resignation in the event’s half-century history. Matt Trueman explains what the ballyhoo is all about.
Juror: “‘My Jaw Dropped When Helen Mirren Won The Award”
“There is scandal in theatreland following the resignation of three judges from the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Charles Spencer, one of the resigning judges, reveals what really happened and why he quit.”
Is This The Choreographers’ App We Never Dared Hope For?
Meet Jeff Whiting, choreographer/director and creator of Stage Write, “an app which makes documenting stage blocking and choreography a fast, fluid, clinical and permanent affair.”
Toe Care Secrets Of The Royal Ballet
You might be appalled – or impressed – at the materials these dancers repurpose for use in their ballet slippers.