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A teaching film from the Beijing Dance Academy, posted in 2018 by a graduate who only wanted to preserve the footage, went viral in China last month. Its moves come from the Flower Drum Lantern dance, a national intangible cultural heritage of Anhui province, and a hospital affiliated with Yangzhou University now warns that untrained imitators are tearing ligaments (South China Morning Post). On Saturday Night Live, Rosalía appeared to stand en pointe for nearly four minutes while singing “Reliquia.” Leo Sorribes, director of Ballet de Catalunya, says “it’s impossible not to sway,” then defends her anyway (Consequence).
Le Large, a new contemporary art center on Île Seguin outside Paris, occupies a former Renault factory site, and about 40 percent of its public-facing space is free to enter (ARTnews). The Louvre’s director, Christophe Leribault, says leaking pipes and collapsing ceilings could force the museum to close unless it gets an overhaul estimated at €700 to €800 million (Euronews).
All 46 musicians of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra voted to authorize a strike; their pay has been flat for four years, and the season opens October 31 with Kamala Sankaram’s world premiere The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (MPR News). At the Met, which premieres Lincoln in the Bardo on October 19, librettist Royce Vavrek says an opera about Lincoln grieving his son Willie is “quite hilarious at times” (AP).
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