Claim: No One Wants To Watch Overweight Dancers. Really?
As an absolute entry level precondition for excellence in ballet, a dancer cannot be overweight. - The Times (UK)
Eric Schmidt: AI Will Rival The Smartest Artists In a Few Years
“This is happening faster than… our society, our democracy, our laws will address, and there’s lots of implications. That’s why it’s underhyped – people...
High Practitioner Of The Takedown Read
Andrea Chu has achieved a rare ascendancy in the literary world over the past several years, in equal parts for her clever, lethal takedowns...
Why Multi-Hour Classical Works Are Way Too Much Of A Good Thing
“It’s not that these are great pieces that happen to be long; the length itself is the point. The language – ‘endurance’, ‘epic’, ‘marathon’...
Hollywood’s Click-Obsessed Descent Into Meaninglessness
Conservative dominance of Hollywood may prove to be a much rosier future than the one we’re actually going to get: a future where pop...
Should We Really Be Able To Read Joan Didion’s Diary Entries About Her Psychiatrist...
“Didion left no instructions about the (diary), so nobody knows how she would feel about its publication as a book, titled Notes to John....
Book Subscription Services Are Starting To Publish Titles Themselves
“It makes sense, then, that subscription services want to push their curation skills further, by commissioning, editing, and publishing titles that aren’t already in...
Cellist Joel Krosnick Dead At 84
“He was the cellist of the Juilliard Quartet from 1974-2016, and a renowned teacher at New York’s Juilliard School. … His passion for contemporary...
More Staff Layoffs At Nashville Symphony
The orchestra is facing “financial challenges driven by inflation, shifting consumer behavior, an increasingly competitive landscape and broader economic uncertainty.” - Nashville Business Journal
David Geffen And The Billionaire Who Bought And Ate The Banana On The Wall...
“In January 2024, the work” — titled Le Nez — was sold to Geffen, seemingly on (Patrick) Sun’s behalf. Sun now says the sale...
Broadway Is Selling A Lot Of Tickets To Young Adults
The 18-to-25 demographic isn’t usually considered a target audience for a circuit where tickets are so expensive, but the last couple of seasons have...
Have A Look Around The Grand Egyptian Museum, Now Open At Long Last
“There is perhaps no institution on earth whose opening has been as wildly anticipated, or as mind-bogglingly delayed. ... Its construction has been such...
All About The Ocarina
This odd wind instrument, whose name is Italian for “little goose,” was invented more-or-less by chance in 1853 in a little town near Bologna....
Coachella’s Tickets Are So Expensive People Buy Them On Installment Plans. Good Idea? Or...
Coachella’s payment plan is just this: For a $599 GA ticket (including fees), fans had the option to put $49.99 down when tickets went...
Maybe “Glengarry Glen Ross” Isn’t A Critique Of Cutthroat Capitalism
“What if … Glengarry is instead celebrating the deceit, in fact presenting it as the epitome of manliness? What if Glengarry Glen Ross, quite possibly in ways...
How Architecture Shapes Everything About Video Games
These virtual spaces do more than serve as mere backdrops for gameplay. The design of buildings, streets and entire cities guides player emotions, behaviours...
A History Of Spelling Reform (Please Make It Simpler!)
In the early 20th century, the industrialist Andrew Carnegie provided the seed money for the Simplified Spelling Board, which, unlike the Spelling Reform Association,...
Study: Number Of Theatre Productions In UK Has Declined By A Third In The...
In 2024, the 40 best-funded theatre companies that make their own productions - ranging from the National Theatre to the Colchester Mercury - opened...
Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Smelled As Good As They Looked
“An archaeologist and curator … in Copenhagen finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents like rose, olive oil and beeswax. These...
Why “Close Reading” Can Miss The Plot
When you studied literature in school or university, I expect that you were taught, implicitly or explicitly, that this plot-focused way of reading was...
A Conservative Argument For Culture Funding Betrays The Problems With Such Arguments
Its curious incoherence is emblematic of a movement of cultural conservatives that’s lost the plot. - Artnet
SoulPepper Theatre Launches A Community “Public Domain” Project
With a full slate of free programming that ranges from workshops and classes to performance, the company is hoping to become a neighbourhood hub....
It’s Not Easy Finding Jurors For Harvey Weinstein’s Retrial
“Several dismissed jurors were open about why they couldn’t serve fairly. (One) told a pool reporter, ‘I don’t like the guy; he is a...
France Agrees To Collaborate With India On Major Controversial Museum Project
The controversy around France’s deal with India may appear more ambiguous to a Western audience. Is it France’s concern if the YYBNM decides to...
Why The “Odyssey” Is All Over The Place Right Now
“The Iliad is the poem of death. Death stalks its lines, blood soaks it. Countless young men appear in the poem only to be cut down. … But...
