Tag: 05.13.21
Finding The Balance Between Dance Body And Mind
Dancers can spend their whole careers seeking out a rich mind–body connection. Achieving that sense of integration can be incredibly satisfying, leading to better...
Dick Van Dyke Is 95, And He Really Wants To Get Back On Stage
"His last singing gig took place on a Saturday night 15 months ago at the Catalina Jazz Club. He packed the house. They even...
World’s Oldest Cave Art Is Being Damaged By Climate Change
"Researchers examined 11 caves and rock-shelters , which feature art dating from 45,000 to 20,000 years old. … The scientists found that the art,...
At The Ballpark, In The Concert Hall, A Crowd Feeds Off Itself. But At...
“You don’t feel part of a crowd,” said Michael Howell, a season ticket holder for 40 years. “It’s more like a movie theatre where...
The Mystery Man Who Now Controls The World’s Largest Classical Music Management Company
After wresting control of IMG Artists in an internal power struggle, Russian-born tycoon Alexander Shustorovich has kept the agency alive through the pandemic to...
Emily Blunt Is One Of Vanishingly Few Actors Resisting Superhero Movies
It's rare - incredibly rare - for a Hollywood actor to turn down Marvel or DC. But Blunt said recently, "I don’t know if...
Where Should, Or Could, A Reader Start With Speculative Fiction From Africa?
As speculative fiction from African writers starts to gain mainstream press attention in the U.S. and U.K., readers might wonder where to start. Short...
We Need Unconventional Art Now More Than Ever
After 15 months of COVID-19 restrictions, deaths, infections, fear, and all kinds of life challenges, we must have more public art. "It does a...
A Dancer Who Connects A History Of Dance Through Her Body
"To watch her dance, especially to jazz music, is to watch historical distance collapse. Steps and attitudes separated by eras flow through her improvising...
Time To Do Away With The Idea Of The Artist As Transgressor?
"Abusers are often shielded not only by this “myth of authenticity,” but by another myth, which pervades all the performing arts, and indeed all...
San Diego Symphony Has A New $85 Million Outdoor Venue
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, located on the downtown waterfront, seats up to 10,000 people and (because it's San Diego and they can)...
‘There’s Something Going On’ — Who Will Really Be Running LA’s MOCA?
"As the Museum of Contemporary Art prepares to reopen after a historic pandemic closure, it finds itself in the midst of restructuring, moving director...
As Broadway Prepares To Reopen, Here’s How It Will (And Won’t) Be Operating Differently
"Ticket-buyers are being told they will be required to wear face masks (although it's not clear how changing advice from the Centers for Disease...
Bayreuth Festival: Christian Thielemann May Have Lost His Other Job, Too
At the beginning of this week it was announced that the conductor (who was, when he was younger, hailed as a new Herbert von...
St. Paul’s Cathedral In London Is Running Out Of Cash And Could Close
With the pandemic having cut off the revenue from tourist admissions, the landmark's income is down by 90%. The engineer in charge of maintenance...
Do we know how changing prices affects the income-diversity of audiences?
Real care has to be taken with comparing data on prices and audience characteristics, because the prices were set in the first place as...
What Goodreads Has Done To My Reading, And Why I’m Giving It Up
"Quantifying, dissecting and broadcasting our most-loved hobbies sucks the joy out of them. I find myself glancing towards the corner of the page to...
Benin Bronzes Are Still Being Made Today (Who Knew?)
In Benin City, in what was historically the metalworkers' quarter on and around Igun Street, skilled artists continue to make figures with the traditional...
Vincent Van Gogh Was His Own Worst Enemy (Just Read His Letters)
"The tone of the letters consistently is that of a man still aflame after a violent argument, gradually subsiding into a hot puddle of...