Russian Air Force Bombs Theater Where More Than 1,000 Ukrainians Were Sheltering
Very luckily, it appears that most of the civilians inside the Mariupol Drama Theater were able to get down to the building's bomb shelter...
Ballerina Quits Bolshoi Ballet Over War
It was announced on Wednesday that Olga Smirnova, who was born and raised in St Petersburg, has now joined the Dutch National Ballet, where...
The Siren Call Of Cosmopolitan Universal Language
Latin, classical Arabic and Sanskrit were no one’s mother tongue. They are cosmopolitan tongues, mega-languages that evolved to facilitate communication between local dialects, then expanded...
New York’s New Wage Transparency Law Will Affect The Arts
“The US art world is notorious for being vague about salaries. A job might pay $40,000; it might pay $80,000. Right now, you can’t...
This Scientist Has Worked Out A Model Of Human History That Suggests Bad Times...
Peter Turchin has been warning for a decade that a few key social and political trends portend an “age of discord,” civil unrest and...
EU Approves Amazon Acquisition Of MGM
The European Commission, which reviewed the merger, said it would not significantly reduce competition. - Axios
Study: Pandemic Recovery Across The Arts Is Uneven
While reductions in sales and revenues in 2020 were universally catastrophic, the pace of recovery between and within nations in 2021 was very varied,...
Paul Taylor Dance Company Chooses Classical Ballet Star As Resident Choreographer
"Until the fall, Lauren Lovette was an esteemed principal at New York City Ballet, but now she has crossed over into modern dance and...
Museums Are Re-Examining Their Security Arrangement Following MoMA Stabbings
"Given the rarity of violence within museums, most are protected by security guards who are typically unarmed and capable of detecting and responding to...
Beloved Musical Theatre Coach Dies After Being Shoved
Barbara Maier Gustern, a celebrated Broadway singing coach who worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Justin Vivian Bond and Taylor Mac, has died...
William Forsyth: What Makes Great Dance
You have to ask: why are people in the theatre? With dance, especially classical ballet, it still often does have to do with some...
Remembering Dance Legend Yuriko, 102
Known simply as Yuriko, she could project innocence, serenity or a mystical quality onstage. Yuriko also starred on Broadway in The King and I...
The Design For Melbourne’s Huge New Contemporary Art Museum Is Revealed
The nearly 200-foot-tall NGV Contemporary — which, at 323,000 square feet (140,000 of display space), will be Australia's largest art museum when it opens...
NYU Offers A Class In Taylor Swift 101
In class, they re-examined the time Mr. West, the rapper who recently changed his name to Ye, jumped on stage and interrupted Ms. Swift’s...
Philosophers On TikTok (Yes, It’s A Thing)
Search the hashtag #Philosophy and you could find a tenured professor discussing Aristotle or Hannah Arendt, Plato or Peter Singer. If you're lucky, you...
Love At First Write
A great first line can spur intense readerly attraction—provoke a compulsion to know more. Let’s call this: love at first sentence. Such a reading...
Ballet-Class Pianists Fess Up
"It's better now. Back in the day, I might as well have been a radio in the corner." "Sometimes I see a dancer who...
L.A.’s Underground Museum Closes Indefinitely As Co-Directors Step Down
The free-admission space, founded in a minority neighborhood in 2012 by a prominent Black artist family, had reopened only a month ago following its...
This Public Library Was Unlocked And Unstaffed, But Patrons Checked Items Out Properly And...
You've got to hand it to New Zealanders. The main public library in Christchurch was closed for the national holiday on Feb. 6, but...
Hiring And Pay Equity In US Theater Did Improve In 2020, But Just Barely:...
The union's third annual Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Bias Report found that just under a quarter of contracts went to actors and state managers...
Gender Equity Seems To Be Better At Dance Festivals Than In Other Parts Of...
Among the statistics in this report are that, in 2021, two-thirds of US dance festivals studied were headed by women, almost two-thirds of the...
Taking Kids To Museums, Plays, Or Concerts Does Not Improve Their Grades: Study
"There have been persistent theories that wealthier children may be given an advantage in their school careers by being pressed into visits to art...
Restoration Workers At Notre-Dame In Paris Unearth Medieval Tombs
"Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral following its devastating...
Artists In Russia Are Chafing Under Sanctions
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking much of the world, Russians working in creative spheres have found themselves squeezed from within and without. - The New...
This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Breaks Ground
Francis Kéré has made a name for himself with a series of schools and medical facilities in Africa that appear grown out of their...
