“Be sure to read the programme beforehand” is critic’s shorthand for a very confusing story. But Scottish Ballet founder Peter Darrell used to say that if you have to read the programme, a ballet has failed in its job. - The Guardian
Journalist Tiago Rogero has created three sets of podcasts — Negra Voz (Black Voice), Vidas Negras (Black Lives), and The Querino Project (Brazil's equivalent of The 1619 Project) — celebrating the "people, struggles and achievements that had been airbrushed from the history of a country that is more than 50% Black." - The Guardian
The more you study the history of music, you realize that composers were not marching in lockstep in the interest of fulfilling a linear narrative prescribed by music historians. - The Imaginative Conservative
"It is a white-owned and white-run institution with a self-described mission to 'preserve, protect and perpetuate' one of the nation's greatest Black cultural legacies. ... A place where all the knotty questions of race and culture ... that face New Orleans and all of America are on blaring display." - The New York Times Magazine
We identify with Tár’s admirers, both because we feel empathy for her calculating misuse of them and because, like them, we can’t stop wanting her to really be everything she presents herself as: the uncompromising artist, the intellectually generous mentor, the loving parent and devoted spouse. - Slate
"Within a week of former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Rod Sims (becoming board chairman) at Opera Australia, ... its artistic director of 13 years, Lyndon Terracini, ... (is) leaving the company next Friday, 14 October." - The Guardian
"Collaborating over Facebook groups, (these) heritage enthusiasts spend their spare time scouring virtual museum catalogs and auction listings to identify stolen items, as well as urging authorities to hold the art world accountable." - The Christian Science Monitor
"The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing will house spaces for activities including performances, exhibitions, workshops and community meetings. ... As its name suggests, its founders envision it as a place that will not only inspire but also carry reparative power." - The Art Newspaper
"The Los Angeles Times theater critic from 1969 until 1991, Sullivan earlier worked at St. Paul's Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The New York Times. As director of the Eugene O'Neill National Critics Institute, he also mentored many of the nation's current theater critics." - Los Angeles Times
"The improv stage and training center, based in Chicago since 1959, announced on Thursday that it would open a location in New York City for the first time." The theater and classroom facility will begin operating next summer in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. - The New York Times
"The news site Bloomberg reported last month that this summer's drought ... has created a fungus that is eating away at the Amsterdam museum's wooden foundations. A spokesperson said the museum 'has not sunk a millimetre'." - The Art Newspaper
They missed no performances in Moscow to do the gig, and while the official reasons given for the suspension were the gala's marketing (not the dancers' responsibility) and not having asked permission (it's not exactly credible that the boss didn't know). So what's the real reason? - Gramilano (Milan)
Even in the typically molasses-slow process of building a new art museum, 35 years is a rather protracted wait. (The long-ago aim was to open the new place in an earlier century — 1992.) In the interim, the planned location changed, the architect changed and the staff changed. - Los Angeles Times
Most people don’t follow a bunch of political “elites” on Twitter — a group that, for these authors’ purposes, also includes news organizations. But those who do typically follow many more people they agree with politically than people who they don’t. - NiemanLab
“What is respect for a score? Is it to play exactly what is written, or is it to play what is written and put your own life in it, your emotions, your feelings, which means sometimes you might need to take a bit of time? Why not?” - The New York Times
