Aurélie Dupont: “Normally when you’re a ballet dancer, you do not ever show the effort when you dance, so you never breathe. Because breathing means that you need air, and if you need air that’s not good, and, anyway, you never learn how to breathe in school. Never.” Reporter Gia Kourlas talks with Dupont, former étoile and current director at the world’s oldest and most august ballet company, and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.11.17
Social Silos
“I don’t know anyone who … ”
Recently, a colleague presented a workshop on nonprofit financial management to a group of board members of and volunteers for very small grassroots social service organizations. In the course of … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-07-11
A Bit Of Moscow Music
Our occasional Rifftides Russian correspondent, Svetlana Ilicheva, writes that one of her favorite listening spots in Moscow is the Zhurfac café. Not far from the Kropotkinskaya metro stop on Gogol Boulevard … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-07-11
Billions And Billions Of Views: For Five Years “Gangnam Style” Has Been The Most-Viewed Youtube Video. Now The Record Has Been Beaten
The surreal “Gangnam Style” video became so popular that it “broke” YouTube’s play counter, exceeding the maximum possible number of views (2,147,483,647), and forcing the company to rewrite its code. But the song has now been overtaken by another music video.
Arts Council England Delays Implementation Of Quality Metrics Plan
A statement said: “Our focus is on achieving the right result for the sector and Arts Council England, so we are reviewing our approach to ensure that we meet these needs. Once a decision has been made, we will of course make all interested parties aware.”
Pop’s Attention Economy Is Seriously Distracted
“It’s harder to devote the time to finding out about and writing about a new band’s debut or second release. So you have an increasing number of albums that are released and sink without trace because something from one of the more established acts came along, attracted everyone’s attention and few people spent the time required to decipher the new act’s work.”
Author Who Died This Year Wins Library Of Congress’s Prize For American Fiction
Denis Johnson, author of the story collection Jesus’ Son and the National Book Award-winning novel Tree of Smoke, did live long enough to learn that he won the prize: he was notified in March and passed away in May at age 67.