“Archaeologists with the Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore have discovered the Christian quarter of Ukek, shedding light on the Christian people who lived under the Khan’s rule. Ukek was a multicultural city, where a variety of religious beliefs were practiced including Islam, Christianity and Shamanism.”
TV Tries A New Ballet Series, Again (But This One Is Limited To One Season)
The series, starring Black Swan’s Sarah Hay, “is described as a dark and gritty drama that unflinchingly explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world.”
What’s Los Angeles Opera’s Vision For The Next Century?
“Because LAO is fairly young, it’s unencumbered by a tradition. ‘But we are stewards of a great tradition. You get into dangerous territory if you try to chase the cool.'”
Could These Ballet Shoes Notate A Dancer’s Steps?
Barcelona designer Lesia Trubat says that, “after observing the motions of their bodies as they glide and pirouette, she realized that through contact with the ground, a lilypad arduino microcontroller board could record the pressure and actions of their feet and send the signal to an electronic device,” with which users could render the movementd graphically.
Seville Symphony Players Make (Quiet) Onstage Protest Over Conductor
The musicians of the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville wore green ribbons to signal their unhappiness with an ongoing stalemate in the selection of their chief conductor. The city’s politicians voted to renew the contract of Pedro Halffter, who has held the post for ten years (and whom the musicians are said to oppose), but his re-engagement was vetoed by the regional government of Andalusia. (in Spanish)
The Latest Well-Written Piece In The War Over Young Adult Books With Adult Readers
“The binary between children’s and adult fiction is a false one, based on a limited conception of the self.”
How Did A Dutch-Belgian Director Start To Rule New York Theatre?
“I admire Ivo’s work because it is epic, it’s messy, it exists within a sprawling landscape, both physically and psychologically, and he always puts his actors and their biggest acting chops at the core of his work.”
How Mid-Century Architecture In Los Angeles Changed Science Fiction
“Our original cinematic visions of imagined futures — often dystopian wastelands — were shaped by their film locations on what was then undeveloped land outside Los Angeles. Even the futuristic worlds on soundstages called back to Los Angeles, a city whose rapid growth was multi-pronged and haphazard.”
Stepping Into The Void With Marina Abramović
“‘I’ll take over the interview now,’ said Ms. Abramović. She was staring right at me. ‘When was the last time you wore a blindfold?'”
Barnes And Noble Will Not Desert The Bronx After All
“Diaz said it was now up to Bronx residents to do their part to keep the store from leaving. ‘If you want a store to flourish and stay here in our borough, you have to petition with your wallets.'”
Has A Lost Caravaggio At Long Last Been Found?
“Mina Gregori, 90, president of the Roberto Longhi foundation of art history studies in Florence and author of several books on the baroque painter, said she was 100% sure she had found the original Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy.”
Rwanda Suspends BBC Broadcasts After Documentary About 1994 Genocide Airs
“The programme also included interviews with former aides of RPF leader President Paul Kagame, accusing him of plotting to shoot down the presidential plane – the act seen as triggering the slaughter.
Writers Shouldn’t Respond To Bad Reviews, But They Also Shouldn’t Have To ‘Engage’ With Readers
“We feel a social and professional pressure to respond to every tweet with our name on it, even if just to be nice, and it’s that very niceness that leads us down this road to bat-guano craziness.”
Paul McCarthy Hits Back At Parisian Vandals With Chocolate, Um, Trees
“Through a succession of dimly lit rooms, the tunnel takes you into the recesses of a sinister chocolate production line turned mad house. Over the rows of chocolate sex toys that fill endless metal shelves, exceptionally large chocolate gnomes are displayed partly lifted from their man-sized molds.”
Some Progress In Atlanta Symphony Talks (Small)
“Although the two sides appear to be at an impasse on the size of the orchestra, the musicians claim to have made “significant progress” on health care. The players have suggested a health-care plan that will save the WAC about 25 percent — more than $250,000 a year — over the plan that management canceled on Oct. 1.”
NBCUniversal Settles Intern Lawsuit For $64 Million
NBCUniversal and a group of former interns have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit contending the interns should have been paid for their work.
Master Forger’s Work Sells For £50,000 In Auction
“We had over 255 online bidders, not for each painting but during the course of the collection of his. There were between 50 and 80 people in the auction room at any one time.”
Frank Gehry Gives Journalist The Finder At A Press Conference
“A press conference in Oviedo on Thursday got off to a bad start when a journalist asked whether Gehry’s own architecture was just about spectacle.”
Is Transrealism The First Major Lit Genre Of The 21st Century?
“This proliferation of the fantastic in contemporary fiction has at times been described as the “mainstreaming of science fiction”. But sci-fi continues on much as it ever has, producing various escapist fantasies for readers who want time out from reality. And of course there’s no shortage of purely realist novels populating Booker prize lists and elsewhere.”
Huge Increase In Video-On-Demand Production
Streaming video on demand spending “already exceeded syndication dollars spent by broadcast stations last year; it will more than double the $3.3 billion projected for 2015. SVOD, broadcast stations and cable combined will bless the studios with $29.5 billion next year.”
Tom Stoppard’s Surprisingly Relaxed Method
“Known for creating clever wordplay and intricate plots that often span decades, Tom Stoppard is surprisingly carefree about his playwriting process. ‘You just start somewhere and it turns out to be what it is.'”