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Dance And Incarceration — Both Inside And Outside The Prison
"(There's) a growing array of artists using dance to shed light on issues surrounding incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline and the justice system as a...
Unknown Translation Of Molière By “Clockwork Orange” Author Anthony Burgess Is Discovered
"Miser! Miser! is a complete translation of L'Avare (The Miser) of 1668 ... that Burgess wrote in the early 1990s, yet it has never...
This Standup Comic Specializes In A Very Niche Audience: Nurses. And He’s A Huge...
Nurse Blake, "(a) 31-year-old standup whose real name is Blake Lynch, is a genuine phenomenon, a social media star with millions of followers, which...
How Do You Get A Rock Music Scene Started In An Isolated Town In...
"(A new) report looks into the hurdles faced by the buzzing-but-fragile music scenes of Nuuk, Greenland and two other far-northern cities: Torshavn in the...
Are NFTs The Way To Help Choreographers Keep Control Of Their Own Intellectual Property?
"Even if centralized platforms like TikTok and YouTube have issues, they also help people build brands, increase their audiences and distribute their content. Likewise,...
Is “The Music Man”, And Is Broadway, Really #SoWhite? Not These Days, Writes John...
"(The current Broadway revival has) many Black cast members, such that Blackness becomes more than any cartoonish notion of African-esque masculinity. We have moved...
Two Dozen Ancient Roman Bronzes Discovered In Tuscany
"Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under...
At Disney+, Subscribers Pour In And Cash Pours Out
"Disney's direct-to-consumer division, which also includes Hulu and ESPN+, on Tuesday reported an operating loss of nearly $1.5 billion, more than doubling its loss...
Architect Jack Diamond, Who Designed Innovative Yet Understated Arts Venues, Is Dead At 89
Co-founder of Toronto firm Diamond Schmitt Architects, he was lead designer for that city's Four Seasons Centre, the Maison Symphonique in Montreal, the Mariinsky...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Strike Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans
At the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, two activists scrawled across several of the Warhol prints (which were protected by glass) with blue...
As Breakdancing Becomes An Olympic Sport, The Rest Of The Dance World Gets Serious...
"There's increasing professionalisation of the form: in 2024 Sadler's Wells is opening a hip-hop academy at their new theatre in Stratford to train 16-...
Emma Thompson Explains How Nanny McPhee Explains Emma Thompson
"She knows exactly what to do, loves without reservation, then must go. So she sacrifices. She always has to leave those that she loves....
Why Steve Reich Finally Set The Hebrew Traveler’s Prayer Now, At Age 86
"I guess because it was no longer about travel. It was about age. It wasn't, 'Will the flight make it safely?' The odds are...
As Everyone Pivots To Video, Life Is Turning Into TikTok
"No matter where you swipe or tap, video is there — a torrent of pixels, fury, and sound that is, if not literally infinite,...
Good News For Dance In Arts Council England Funding Round (As Long As You’re...
The Royal Opera House, which includes the Royal Ballet, got the biggest cut (9%), while English National Ballet, Rambert, and Sadler's Wells saw their...
Many Ukrainians See The War As A Fight For Decolonization — And That Includes...
Yes, that means — for now — no Tchaikovsky or Tolstoy, no Shostakovich or Chekhov or Pushkin. "The context for this rejection has to...
Museums Gird Their Loins To Defend Against The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals
"Though most museums don't share details about security matters as a policy, some of the measures being enforced will be immediately obvious to the...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals’ Latest Victims? Van Gogh In Rome and Goya In Madrid
"On Friday, three activists for Ultima Generazione threw pea soup at Van Gogh's The Sower (1888) at the Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. ... Just...
Arts Council England Funding: For Orchestras, It Could Have Been Much Worse
In London, three of the four non-BBC orchestras had their grants cut, with only the Royal Philharmonic seeing no change. The major orchestras beyond...
Arts Council England Cuts: Besides Defunding ENO, How Else Has Opera Been Affected?
"Firstly, there is a substantial transfer of funding away from opera (11% down), most of which has gone to dance (12% up). In addition,...
Arts Council England Cuts: Contemporary Classical Music Sees Losses, A Few Gains
The Manchester-based ensemble Psappha and the Cambridge-based Britten Sinfonia were defunded, while the London Sinfonietta and the service organisation Sound and Music saw cuts...
Donmar Warehouse, A Dynamo Of London’s Theatre Scene, Loses All National Funding
Arts Council England has cut 100% of its grant to the company, which is known for small-scale productions that often go on to successful...
$100,000 Giller Prize For Best Canadian Fiction Work Goes To Suzette Mayr’s “The Sleeping...
"The Calgary-based Mayr won for her novel ..., which follows a queer, Black sleeping car porter making a treacherous trip from Montreal to Vancouver...
After Decades Of Brutal Conflict, Kashmir Has Reopened Its Cinemas. Here’s Why Kashmiris Aren’t...
"Just to reach the cineplex, people need to pass through a police checkpoint manned with heavily armed officers. Then they are then frisked at...
One Of Kabuki’s Top Actors Wants To Expand The Tradition And Work With Other...
"As the 13th successor — and top performer — in the Ichikawa family, Ichikawa Danjuro XIII shoulders a heavy responsibility to keep alive the...
