As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective. Swift is a pop superstar who dances but is not known for her dancing. - The New York Times
"Around 90 students at the elite school, which prepares young people for careers with leading dance companies, will complete a series of strength tests as part of the study, due to finish in early 2025." - The Independent (UK)
While the filmmaker and actor was by no means a leftist, he was outraged by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee and considered it unconstitutional for Congressmen to, in effect, put US citizens on trial for political opinions. So he moved his family to Ireland. - History Today
"The niche world of hockey romance novels is getting mainstream attention after the wife of an N.H.L. player criticized book fans who she said had made comments and videos on social media about her husband that were 'predatory and exploiting.'" - The New York Times
Many parents, both in and outside China, have celebrated Beijing’s past parental controls as the right approach for a government to take. But will all those people be comfortable with the government’s ever-intensifying restrictions? - MIT Technology Review
Marden’s style may have made him different from many of his colleagues with more explicitly conceptual ambitions, but he continued to find admirers because of it. - ARTnews
To survey the film and television industry today is to witness multiple existential crises. Many of them point to a larger trend: of Hollywood divesting from its own future, making dodgy decisions in the short term that whittle down its chances of long-term survival. - The New Yorker
"This highly specific medium morphs every which way, with new outspoken repertoire, an influx of vocal talent from the early-music community and liberated performance manner." David Patrick Stearns talks with singers, pianists, and composers about how song recitals are developing today. - Gramophone
For theater, as we know it, to have any future at all, a new economic model must take its place, founded on a simple principle: fund artists directly. Then let the artists produce their own work, rent their own venues and pay their own collaborators. - Washington Post
"Brent Ottley ... says it became obvious two decades ago that Australia had begun 'running out' of piano tuners. He estimates there are just 250 left in the country and just 20 or so high-level technicians, with most of them close to retiring age." - The Guardian
"Germany has seen more than €3.2 million in revenue (US$3.5 million) generated for cultural products, events, and services thanks to the rollout of that market's new KulturPass for 18-year-olds," who get €200 (US$219) to spend on cultural offerings by registering on an app. - Publishing Perspectives
The Lebanese culture minister said, "The film goes against moral and religious values in Lebanon, as it encourages perversity and gender transformation while calling for the rejection of patriarchy and ridiculizing the role of mothers." Kuwaiti authorities banned the film to protect "public ethics and social traditions." - Variety
The company, which is considered one of the Bay Area's leading professional theatres and has won the special Tony Award for regional theatre, already postponed this summer's new musical. Executive director Debbie Chinn says TheatreWorks must secure the $3 million by November. - MSN (The Mercury News, San Jose)
The local court with jurisdiction over the will of museum founder Albert Barnes ruled that the Foundation may loan a limited number of works to other institutions and may make some changes to the arrangement of works on display, both forbidden by Barnes's original 1922 indenture. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
