“Sir Peter Wright, the leading producer-choreographer, … now aged 90 and still working, … is publishing a memoir that will reveal the extreme tensions and rivalries between some of the most brilliant but often highly strung artists.” For instance, he remembers Rudolf Nureyev being “unbearably rude” to Margot Fonteyn, who “would just shrug her shoulders.”
Video Is Not Going To Supplant Text, Regardless Of What Facebook Says
As she was predicting that, in five years, the social networking behemoth would probably be “video, video, video,” Facebook exec Nicola Mendelsohn said last week that video “conveys so much more information in a much quicker period.” As Michael Hiltzik explains, “This is, of course, exactly wrong.”
What Is A “Masterpiece” If Anything Can Be One?
“Nowadays, it seems, anything and everything can qualify as a masterpiece: a hit single, a theme park, even a video game. And while the artistic merits of some of these objets d’art can be defended, it is tempting to suggest that the word itself has become, like “fascist” and “racist,” devalued by indiscriminate usage to the point of vacuity.”
Does The Bolshoi Ballet’s New Artistic Director Have The Hardest Job In Dance? (If He Does, He Can Handle It)
“There is an implacable confidence about [Makhar] Vaziev – and it is warranted. No artistic director could have been better prepared to take on the treacherous politics of the Bolshoi: Vaziev has made a long career out of steering some of the most complex, unruly ballet companies in the world, from the Mariinsky Ballet to Milan’s La Scala.”
Barcelona To Get A Hermitage Museum
“The museum will have a permanent collection, ‘which will change every ten years’, a room for permanent exhibitions and one in which “the piece of the month” will be installed, an outstanding work of more than three million pieces that the large Hermitage. The museum will not be a mere franchise his Russian counterpart, but the pieces from St. Petersburg, museográficos other objects will be added to explain great stories.”
Recreating Van Gogh Paintings In A Water Dish
“Ebru, a decorative paper art, hails from East and Central Asia in the 10th and 16th centuries, respectively. The technique involves sprinkling and brushing pigments onto the surface of oily water in a pan, then laying paper atop the water, effectively dyeing the paper with tendrils of color. [Garip] Ay is classically trained in the art form, and his loose, paisley-like patterns beautifully mimic the Dutch post-Impressionist’s celestial swirls.” (video)
Time Out London’s Theatre Editor Throws Shade At Critics – By Name
“I read quite a lot of theatre reviews, and while the best are all sorts of stimulating, I kind of think: we all bloody sound like each other, don’t we? I mean, there’s some textural variety: Susannah Clapp is poetic; Michael Billington does puns; Quentin Letts hates theatre. But, as a rule, it’s difficult to see exactly how theatre criticism has stylistically shifted since Tynan’s time – or before that, even: for Ben Brantley, the most powerful theatre critic in the world, it is forever 1851.”
The Next Alexander Hamilton Is More Than Ready For His Close-Up: He’s Beaten Cancer
Javier Muñoz has been Lin-Manuel Miranda’s understudy and alternate from the beginning of Hamilton‘s development, and – except for the ten weeks he spent recovering from surgery and radiation therapy – he’s been playing Hamilton on Sundays and Miranda’s days off since the show opened. Muñoz even got to perform the role for both First Couples.
City Of Boston Unveils Big New Arts Initiatives
“In line with the recommendations of a newly minted master plan for the arts ecosphere, the measures include city-led efforts as well as partnerships with philanthropies, area museums and other outside groups. In some cases, specific dollar contributions are promised; in others, organizations are pledging in-kind donations in the form of facility space or professional expertise.”
Boston Globe Cuts Back Arts Coverage, Won’t Use Freelancers
The newspaper is cutting pages from its arts section, and freelance critics will no longer write art, music, theater and dance reviews for the paper.
Last Remaining Member Of The Bloomsbury Set Celebrates 100th Birthday
Asked to sum up her life, she said: “I haven’t any imagination – but I was lucky to spend my life among fascinating people.” She couldn’t be more wrong. At 100, as those of us lucky enough to celebrate with her today are thrilled to attest, Olivier remains as original, stylish and clever as ever.
The 25 Most Powerful Hollywood Movie Franchises
“We crunched the global box office numbers (courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com) for series and franchises that have at least three installments and are still ongoing. (Hence, no “Avatar” or “Lord of the Rings.”) Then we factored in more diffuse criteria, like longevity (how many could you conceivably make?) and merchandisability (does anyone want toys?). And what we came up with was our movie franchise power list, or the 25 Most Powerful Franchises in Hollywood.”
Disney’s Biggest Bet Yet: Shanghai
The $5.5-billion Shanghai Disneyland is a colossal 963-acre park three times larger than Hong Kong Disneyland and anchored by the tallest castle in any Disney theme park. The joint venture with China-based Shanghai Shendi Group, which owns 57% of the park, is the glitziest in a spate of entertainment firms rushing to establish themselves in the world’s most populous nation, one run by a regime that increasingly views entertainment as a vital component of its soft power.
Lawyers Seek To Liberate “This Land Is Our Land” From Copyright
The suit filed Tuesday over Woody Guthrie’s classic “This Land Is Your Land” is aimed at liberating a song known to generations of schoolchildren who have raised their voices to sing about a free country belonging to one and all, sprawling “from California to New York Island, from the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters.”
“Over-Thinking” Makes Us Less Creative
In general, there is a tension in our brains between exploration and exploitation. When we are exploratory, we attend to things with a wide scope, curious and desiring to learn. Other times, we rely on, or “exploit,” what we already know, leaning on our expectations, trusting the comfort of a predictable environment.
Researchers Discover An Instagram Of Medieval Times
“Medieval Scots used to give each other postcard-sized artworks to forge social bonds, in the same way we post pictures on social media today, according to new research.”
Report: Music Tourism Generated 10 Million Visitors, £4 Billion For UK Economy In 2015
“The research measures direct and indirect spending – which includes accommodation and travel – across England’s regions and in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It defines music tourists as people who either live overseas or travelled at least three times their average commute to reach the event.”