The Ballet de Santiago in Chile commissioned Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso to create Nijinska, Secreto de la Vanguardia for this year, the centenary of Nijinska's most famous work, Les Noces (set to Stravinsky's score). Ayuso says that Lynn Garafola's biography of Nijinska last year saved her years of research. - Bachtrack
"After starting out in some of journalism's lowest-rung jobs, (she) spent decades covering the worlds of antiques and auctions, … and (she) made news herself in the late 1990s when she challenged the ownership of an Egon Schiele painting thought to have been stolen ... by the Nazis." - The New York Times
"There’s no getting around it. I’ve been covering this company since 1985, and in all that time there’s never been a season in which so much ambition has been paired with such a high level of execution." - San Francisco Chronicle
"A number of British actors Variety has spoken to say they've yet to hear from local actors' union Equity with any guidance about their situation. That's likely because it’s being worked out in real time." - Variety
Meta announced in a news release following the act's passage that it will block news for Canadian users in order to comply with the law, and will do so before C-18 comes into effect in six months, though it hasn't given a date. - CBC
Composer Matthew Aucoin: "What's healthy about the kind of aesthetic ecosystem that Yannick is nurturing is that it relieves the pressure on every piece to be a singular masterpiece in the same tradition. … You've got to write the bad operas to get to the good ones. Verdi knew that." - AP
It's now clear that practically everything Web technology touches starts down the path to gratis. Basic economics tells us that in a competitive market, price falls to marginal cost. There's never been a more competitive market than the Internet, and every day the marginal cost of digital information comes closer to nothing. - Wired
"'The general consensus is that we’re all dying,' Demson said. 'No hyperbole.' As California finalizes its state budget, advocates are hoping for millions of dollars to help keep the live performing arts sector — which also includes music, dance, magic shows and circus acts — afloat." - Yahoo! (The Wrap)
"The plans for growing the U.K.'s theater sector are part of the government's $63 billion vision for the creative industries. 'We want the Creative Industries Vision to be something that paves the way for a shift in the balance of power from Broadway to the West End,' Frazer said." - Variety
And that's in spite of a 66% fall in profits from the previous fiscal year, due partly to increased spending on reporting from the US and Ukraine. The Independent has been profitable every year since it stopped publishing in hard copy in 2016. - The Guardian
"The video, which was posted to Reddit, shows a man using his keys to scratch the words 'Ivan + Hayley '23' on an exterior wall of the 1,900-year-old structure. Next to him is a woman — presumably Hayley — who also watches as the defacement take place." - Artnet
"On June 23, as heavy rains in Germany flooded streets and shut down rail transportation, staff at Berlin's Gemäldegalerie taped up some plastic sheeting to protect a painting by Rembrandt" — Portrait of the Mennonite Preacher Cornelius Claesz Anslo and His Wife Aaltje Gerritsdr Shouten (1641) — "from a leak." - ARTnews
The Brooklyn Academy of Music's president, Gina Duncan, "said that the changes were necessary in part to help BAM to 'weather the downturn in charitable giving for the arts, and address an outdated business model that heavily relies on a shrinking donor base.'" - The New York Times
"In addition, Ken McConnell, who served as the company's general director and CEO since 2018, has resigned. Aaron Beck, a longtime Tulsa Opera staff member who took over as artistic director in 2022 following the departure of Tobias Picker, has been named the interim general director." - Tulsa World
How a public building constructed in the 21st century, having journeyed through New York City’s laborious approvals process, can emerge so ill-prepared to receive the actual public is mind-boggling. - Los Angeles Times
