“Tessa Ross, the Film4 controller whose credits include the Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave and Slumdog Millionaire, is leaving Channel 4 to become chief executive of the National Theatre.”
Archives for March 26, 2014
Tamara Rojo Faces Down BBC’s ‘HARDtalk’ With ‘Joy’
The Royal Ballet star, now artistic director of English National Ballet, tells the famously confrontational interview program that “We never spend any time talking about the joy, about the huge satisfaction that being a ballet dancer gives you.” (video)
Whatever Happened to That Other Choreographer Who Premiered Alongside Liam Scarlett?
“In the spring of 2010, two budding choreographers made their main stage debuts at the Royal Opera House – Liam Scarlett and Jonathan Watkins, both twentysomething dancers with the Royal Ballet.” Scarlett has made conventional career progress at Covent Garden; Watkins went home to Yorkshire and created a dance about a boy and his pet raptor.
Milwaukee Symphony Raises That $5M It Needs to Finish Season
“The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has successfully completed its $5 million emergency fundraising drive with the help of 1,408 new individual donors, contributing an average gift of $340.25 each.”
Universal Knowledge Allah Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Stradivarius
Mr. Allah is the second suspect in the stun-gun mugging of Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond and theft of his Strad violin in a parking lot following a chamber concert in late January. (The instrument was recovered the following week.)
London Mayor’s New Cultural Strategy: More Busking?
Boris Johnson “has unveiled his updated cultural strategy for the capital, which includes commissioning studies on the impact of public investment for culture, and how to better support busking.”
Martha Graham’s Asian Connection
Wendy Perron: “I’ve read that Graham cultivated an Eastern look herself and was flattered whenever anyone mistook her for Asian. Some think that, since she had a long torso and short legs, her close-to-the-floor technique was particularly suited to Asian bodies. … Whatever the reason, more Asian dancers have found a home in Graham’s company than in any other modern dance group – and most have been beyond brilliant.”
Pittsburgh Symphony Puts Off Proposed Tour to Iran
“The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced Wednesday that it will delay the target date for a potential concert tour in Iran … Originally proposed for late August or September, the tour will now be planned for an unspecified date during the 2014-15 fiscal year, which starts in September.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.26.14
Deaccessioning as a singular event
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth | Published 2014-03-26
Debating the Blue Note 100, and Music Streaming
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-03-26
‘The President of the USA is disrupting my concert’
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-03-26
Al Prieve and the Sum of the Parts
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-03-26
109 Minutes With Tom Campbell
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-26
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Investing In People (Or Indentured Servitude?)
“Companies like Upstart, Pave, and Lumni are acting like Kickstarter platforms for people instead of businesses or products. Through them, it’s possible to invest in a human being, funding their education or professional development and getting a cut of their future profits in return.”
Is This Really The Way To Save Arts Journalism?
“If you want to see intelligent, comprehensive coverage of the arts – features and reviews alike – then you’ve got to start clicking. Journalism is well on its way to being a numbers game for most outlets.”
Jazz’s Gender Problem – Chicken Or Egg?
“Clearly the rising gender parity of instrumentalists on the bandstand is an inspiration to other women to perform the music, but the question remains open as to whether their presence can equally translate to women in the audience for the music.”
Canada’s Most-Visited Museum Is Struggling. So Why Is It Setting Its Fundraising Goal So Low?
“The Canadian Museum of History has set the bar very low — just $10,000 to be raised over each of the next two years, an apparent recognition that ordinary Canadians aren’t that interested in bailing out hard-pressed public institutions.”
Will The BBC’s Big New Arts Initiative Gain Wide Support?
“Will it meet with a welcoming, needy response from audiences, longing for access to the world of Glyndebourne, the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, as well as, say, the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury and the Last Night of the Proms, current fixtures?”
Portugal’s Plan To Sell Cultural Assets Sparks Protests
“The government’s announcement that it would sell the collection through the auction house Christie’s in London set off intense discussion of what kind of assets the state should be allowed to sell, and whether the nation’s cultural heritage is off limits.”
Making Ideas That Make Us Better (It’s Harder Than It Seems)
“Making a device that connects to the Internet of Things is getting increasingly easy, but creating products and services that use technology to transform us into better people is as hard as it’s ever been.”
Report: Fewer Americans Are Going To Movie Theatres
“The number of tickets sold fell nearly 11% between 2004 and 2013, according to the report, while box office revenue increased 17%. With home-entertainment options improving all the time— whether streamed movies and television, video games, or mobile apps—and studios releasing fewer movies, people are less likely to head to their local multiplex.”
Want To Be More Mentally Focused? Aerobic Exercise For You
“Dispositional mindfulness increased significantly over the course of the 12-week intervention in the exercise group,” the researchers report. It did not rise for members of the relaxation-training or wait-list groups.
You’ve Heard Of Puppy Mills? Here’s The Academic Equivalent
“The company declines to release financial data but claims to publish 50,000 books every month, making it, by its own accounting, one of the largest book publishers in the world.”
Wait – We Thought The Digital Revolution Was Going To Make Paper Obsolete
“For the moment, at least, paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.”