"It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — whatever was around." The passinho, invented by favela kids in the '00s, has been given heritage status by the Rio de Janeiro state legislature. - AP
Contrary to the walkback last week by Apple marketing communications vice president Tor Myhren — “We missed the mark with this video, and we’re sorry” — the commercial for the new iPad Pro hit a much tougher mark by being both terrible and honest about Apple’s vision of the future. - Chicago Tribune
"Spring 2024 saw a frenzy of new shows opening in the face of two formidable obstacles: costs that have nearly doubled over a decade and an audience almost 20% smaller than it was pre-pandemic. … As the Jazz Age attests, bubbles can be fun." But this one may soon burst. - Vulture (MSN)
A 2016 retrospective study that tracked injuries in a professional ballet dance company over a 10-year period found that most dancers experience a new injury every year. Researchers are paying increasing attention to the injury rate at companies, and companies are working to reduce their rates. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“In the past, there seemed to be more movement from L.A. and the Bay Area to OSF, especially in terms of artists, so it’s an exciting moment to have a greater conversation and relationship between Seattle and this theater.” - Seattle Times
Here's an explanation of the origins of the arts branch of the Games, a timeline history, and a preview of some of what will be seen in Paris through this summer. - Euronews
The glass-clad church, perched on an oceanside bluff in Los Angeles County, has suffered severe structural damage as the ground underneath it shifted due to the heavy rains of recent years. It will be taken apart and stored until a new site has been chosen. - The Architect's Newspaper
To put it bluntly, a subsidy meant to support commercially risky work like A Strange Loop or Stereophonic or a revival of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People shouldn't be going to Phantom and The Lion King as well. - The New York Times
While it's too late to restore the first of the string quartet's scheduled performances there, the second, for Saturday night, was reinstated with additional security measures and an earlier starting time. The venue's stated concern was over property destruction during Gaza-related demonstrations at a nearby university. - The Strad
These raises were part of the museum's first union labor agreement, which was negotiated in 2022. Even so, the issue isn't settled: there's a binding arbitration case about it that's now on hold until a new contract is negotiated next year. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Many of the network's reporters believe that this extra layer, called the "Backstop," was put in place only because of right-wing pressure over allegations of bias and will only cause bottlenecks in the reporting process. They're even more concerned because the execs won't say who's paying for it. - The New York Times
A brochure issued in July 2021 on the OCI website says that if the status is cancelled for any of the reasons stated, the person would also be blacklisted, preventing their entry into India. The brochure does not make any mention of an appeal. - The Walrus
YouTube is consistently the most watched streaming service in the U.S. on a TV in the U.S. every month, even beating Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video since February 2023, according to Nielsen. The service accounts for nearly 10% of television viewing, the data firm said. - Los Angeles Times
