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Ideas

Brainy Drainy "When educated people emigrate, they leave with skills and experience crucial to solving their countries’ critical problems. The migration of doctors leaves poor countries (and eventually other global population centers) subject to the ravages of highly communicable diseases. Public services are deprived of trained personnel, and countries lose revenue from some of their highest-earning taxpayers. Sending countries also lose educated citizens who otherwise might play key roles in developing responsive governments and organizing civil society, often resulting in political instability and regional conflict." InsideHigherEd 02/16/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:02 pm

Math So Complex It Can't Be Proved Mathematical proofs are getting so complex, they're becoming difficult to verify. "I think that we're now inescapably in an age where the large statements of mathematics are so complex that we may never know for sure whether they're true or false. That puts us in the same boat as all the other scientists.” New Scientist 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:41 am

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de Montebello: Art Patrimony Laws Backfire On Countries Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello on returning artwork to countries of origin:"Perhaps those countries will realize that the tougher their patrimony laws, the more they are victims of illicit looting. Are you suggesting that allowing countries to prohibit the export of artwork they deem to be part of their national heritage needs to be re-examined? Of course. Can you imagine if every Rembrandt were in Holland and every Poussin in Paris? It is safe to diversify a stock portfolio; it is also safe to diversify the shared heritage of mankind." New York Times Magazine 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:49 pm

A Debate Over Paintings Said To Be Pollocks A few weeks ago a scientific study of a set of paintings said to be by Jackson Pollock was released, contending that the paintings were not authentic. But other experts disagree with the findings. "By authorizing only journalistic summaries of Taylor's work, the Pollock Krasner Foundation has prevented disinterested scholars from reviewing his analysis. Instead, it has bolstered a negative view of the newly discovered paintings without giving anyone else a fair shot at critiquing." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 8:26 pm

A Cincinnati University Builds Legacy

Ideas

Brainy Drainy "When educated people emigrate, they leave with skills and experience crucial to solving their countries’ critical problems. The migration of doctors leaves poor countries (and eventually other global population centers) subject to the ravages of highly communicable diseases. Public services are deprived of trained personnel, and countries lose revenue from some of their highest-earning taxpayers. Sending countries also lose educated citizens who otherwise might play key roles in developing responsive governments and organizing civil society, often resulting in political instability and regional conflict." InsideHigherEd 02/16/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:02 pm

Math So Complex It Can't Be Proved Mathematical proofs are getting so complex, they're becoming difficult to verify. "I think that we're now inescapably in an age where the large statements of mathematics are so complex that we may never know for sure whether they're true or false. That puts us in the same boat as all the other scientists.” New Scientist 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:41 am

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de Montebello: Art Patrimony Laws Backfire On Countries Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello on returning artwork to countries of origin:"Perhaps those countries will realize that the tougher their patrimony laws, the more they are victims of illicit looting. Are you suggesting that allowing countries to prohibit the export of artwork they deem to be part of their national heritage needs to be re-examined? Of course. Can you imagine if every Rembrandt were in Holland and every Poussin in Paris? It is safe to diversify a stock portfolio; it is also safe to diversify the shared heritage of mankind." New York Times Magazine 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:49 pm

A Debate Over Paintings Said To Be Pollocks A few weeks ago a scientific study of a set of paintings said to be by Jackson Pollock was released, contending that the paintings were not authentic. But other experts disagree with the findings. "By authorizing only journalistic summaries of Taylor's work, the Pollock Krasner Foundation has prevented disinterested scholars from reviewing his analysis. Instead, it has bolstered a negative view of the newly discovered paintings without giving anyone else a fair shot at critiquing." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 8:26 pm

A Cincinnati University Builds Legacy "Over the past two decades, Ohio has become an important venue for innovative buildings by star architects from around the world. Public agencies, museums and universities have used edgy, forward-looking buildings to change perceptions, to erase regional isolation and to broadcast optimism about the future. The newest sign of the trend is the nearly completed Campus Recreation Center at the University of Cincinnati." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 8:06 pm

A Chicago Sullivan, Back In Focus One of architect Louis Sullivan's Chicago masterpieces is being restores. "For architecture lovers, the restoration is a revelation, like hearing the finale of a Beethoven symphony for which the music was long lost. But the job has implications that reach far beyond the southeast corner of State and Madison Streets. It proves that sensitive preservation architects and skilled craftsmen still can do this kind of thing, even though skeptics claim otherwise." Chicago Tribune 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:39 am

UK's Largest Ever Museum Donation Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover is to give £10 million to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the largest donation ever made to a UK museum or gallery outside London. The Art Newspaper 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 4:31 am

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Music

Digital Music Choice: Rent Or Buy? "One sign that the selection out there is maturing is that you've now got two choices when you go to buy music downloads: You can rent them by the month, or buy them and keep them forever. Some services offer both options." Detroit Free Press 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:59 pm

ENO's Winter Of Discontent "The English National Opera has just staggered through a firestorm of conflict and upheaval, including the apparent dismissal of its artistic and executive director, the bitter resignation of that chairman and the departure of a new music director before he had even started. It was all played out in public, and in excruciating detail. Grinning and bearing it has, of necessity, become the house style." The New York Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:46 am

Boys Choir of Harlem Struggles After Eviction "After the eviction at the beginning of February, it has moved into the Metropolitan United Methodist Church on 126th Street in East Harlem. The choir was $5 million US in debt, and founder Howard Turnbull admits he mismanaged relations with the public school two blocks away that was The Choir Academy of Harlem for more than a decade." CBC 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:24 am

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Arts Issues

Art With Incite "Does art incite violence? Hardly; it's the ideas espoused in the art that get people so worked up. But art magnifies those ideas. It focuses them, gives them a sharper point and the velocity to drive that point home." St. Paul Pioneer-Press 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:32 am

Culture Under Canada's Conservatives Canada's new cultural agenda under culture minister Bev Oda? "Ottawa spends roughly $150 per capita on Quebeckers for culture, and less than $75 per capita on provinces from Manitoba west. But Oda will not be drawn into any facile promises to change that situation." And the CBC? "People are starting to question, if nobody's watching CBC Television, English-lan class="TextBody">"Over the past two decades, Ohio has become an important venue for innovative buildings by star architects from around the world. Public agencies, museums and universities have used edgy, forward-looking buildings to change perceptions, to erase regional isolation and to broadcast optimism about the future. The newest sign of the trend is the nearly completed Campus Recreation Center at the University of Cincinnati." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 8:06 pm

A Chicago Sullivan, Back In Focus One of architect Louis Sullivan's Chicago masterpieces is being restores. "For architecture lovers, the restoration is a revelation, like hearing the finale of a Beethoven symphony for which the music was long lost. But the job has implications that reach far beyond the southeast corner of State and Madison Streets. It proves that sensitive preservation architects and skilled craftsmen still can do this kind of thing, even though skeptics claim otherwise." Chicago Tribune 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:39 am

UK's Largest Ever Museum Donation Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover is to give £10 million to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the largest donation ever made to a UK museum or gallery outside London. The Art Newspaper 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 4:31 am

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Music

Digital Music Choice: Rent Or Buy? "One sign that the selection out there is maturing is that you've now got two choices when you go to buy music downloads: You can rent them by the month, or buy them and keep them forever. Some services offer both options." Detroit Free Press 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:59 pm

ENO's Winter Of Discontent "The English National Opera has just staggered through a firestorm of conflict and upheaval, including the apparent dismissal of its artistic and executive director, the bitter resignation of that chairman and the departure of a new music director before he had even started. It was all played out in public, and in excruciating detail. Grinning and bearing it has, of necessity, become the house style." The New York Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:46 am

Boys Choir of Harlem Struggles After Eviction "After the eviction at the beginning of February, it has moved into the Metropolitan United Methodist Church on 126th Street in East Harlem. The choir was $5 million US in debt, and founder Howard Turnbull admits he mismanaged relations with the public school two blocks away that was The Choir Academy of Harlem for more than a decade." CBC 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:24 am

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Arts Issues

Art With Incite "Does art incite violence? Hardly; it's the ideas espoused in the art that get people so worked up. But art magnifies those ideas. It focuses them, gives them a sharper point and the velocity to drive that point home." St. Paul Pioneer-Press 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:32 am

Culture Under Canada's Conservatives Canada's new cultural agenda under culture minister Bev Oda? "Ottawa spends roughly $150 per capita on Quebeckers for culture, and less than $75 per capita on provinces from Manitoba west. But Oda will not be drawn into any facile promises to change that situation." And the CBC? "People are starting to question, if nobody's watching CBC Television, English-language, then does it justify the utilization of those dollars in that way." The Globe & mail (Canada) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:39 am

Toronto's Building Boom - More Money Please Toronto's big six - the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet School, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the Royal Conservatory of Music - have major building projects going, and $500 million to build them. One problem: as construction moves along, costs have gone up and... The Globe & Mail (Canada) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:35 am

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The Washington Post Freelancer's Guide to Not Getting Fired Washington City Paper 2/16/06
Restoring Laurels Lost Los Angeles Times 2/5/06
Outrage of Muslim world is misplaced Philadelphia Inquirer 2/5/06
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People

Bob Edwards From The Heavens In the 17 months since he jumped to satellite radio from NPR, "Edwards has displayed more range and reportorial chops than some at NPR had given him credit for. As Howard Stern is learning from his new home at Sirius Satellite Radio, speaking to a much smaller audience takes some adjusting. But it's also liberating: On XM, Edwards has produced full-hour documentaries, long-form profiles and lyrical tributes to musicians and other artists, along with the newsier interviews that were his coin on Morning Edition." Washington Post 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:46 am

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Theatre

Edinburgh Fest Racks Up Deficit The Edinburgh Festival has gone "£1 million into the red after losses of £850,000 in 2005, its organisers said yesterday. The festival ran up the deficit producing a record six new shows last year. Some of the cash is being recouped as the shows are sold on." The Scotsman 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:31 pm

Vegas' Theatre Experiment Gets Some Cold Water Theatre in Vegas seemed like a natural sell. So why didn't Avenue Q fail to last more than five months? "Off the record, some Vegas producers hypothesized that Avenue Q struggled because it requires a knowledge of English (hard for foreign tourists), or because despite the puppets, it has some fairly serious themes." Rocky Mountain News 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:04 pm

Finally - Scotland's New National Theatre "For those who work in the theatre, it represents the biggest change in scale and aspiration since the beginning of public subsidy for the arts more than half a century ago. For audiences, too, there are high hopes of bigger, better resourced shows, perhaps even featuring some of those fine Scottish actors, from Sean Connery — well, we can dream — to Tilda Swinton, who ply their trade everywhere except at home." The Times (UK) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:32 pm

Of Dramaturgs And How Theatre Is Made "I teach dramaturgy, and I spend a good two or three weeks with my students talking about what different dramaturgs think dramaturgy is. The problem is that the term is used to encompass so many things." One of her favorite short definitions, she adds, is "information designer, [which tells people that] the dramaturg is part of the design staff. ... I'm in charge of the text and context of the play." Chicago Tribune 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:43 am

London's Skyrocketing Ticket Prices Theatre ticket prices have gone "mad" in London's West End. It's £127 fnguage, then does it justify the utilization of those dollars in that way." The Globe & mail (Canada) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:39 am

Toronto's Building Boom - More Money Please Toronto's big six - the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet School, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the Royal Conservatory of Music - have major building projects going, and $500 million to build them. One problem: as construction moves along, costs have gone up and... The Globe & Mail (Canada) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:35 am

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The Washington Post Freelancer's Guide to Not Getting Fired Washington City Paper 2/16/06
Restoring Laurels Lost Los Angeles Times 2/5/06
Outrage of Muslim world is misplaced Philadelphia Inquirer 2/5/06
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People

Bob Edwards From The Heavens In the 17 months since he jumped to satellite radio from NPR, "Edwards has displayed more range and reportorial chops than some at NPR had given him credit for. As Howard Stern is learning from his new home at Sirius Satellite Radio, speaking to a much smaller audience takes some adjusting. But it's also liberating: On XM, Edwards has produced full-hour documentaries, long-form profiles and lyrical tributes to musicians and other artists, along with the newsier interviews that were his coin on Morning Edition." Washington Post 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:46 am

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Theatre

Edinburgh Fest Racks Up Deficit The Edinburgh Festival has gone "£1 million into the red after losses of £850,000 in 2005, its organisers said yesterday. The festival ran up the deficit producing a record six new shows last year. Some of the cash is being recouped as the shows are sold on." The Scotsman 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:31 pm

Vegas' Theatre Experiment Gets Some Cold Water Theatre in Vegas seemed like a natural sell. So why didn't Avenue Q fail to last more than five months? "Off the record, some Vegas producers hypothesized that Avenue Q struggled because it requires a knowledge of English (hard for foreign tourists), or because despite the puppets, it has some fairly serious themes." Rocky Mountain News 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:04 pm

Finally - Scotland's New National Theatre "For those who work in the theatre, it represents the biggest change in scale and aspiration since the beginning of public subsidy for the arts more than half a century ago. For audiences, too, there are high hopes of bigger, better resourced shows, perhaps even featuring some of those fine Scottish actors, from Sean Connery — well, we can dream — to Tilda Swinton, who ply their trade everywhere except at home." The Times (UK) 02/18/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:32 pm

Of Dramaturgs And How Theatre Is Made "I teach dramaturgy, and I spend a good two or three weeks with my students talking about what different dramaturgs think dramaturgy is. The problem is that the term is used to encompass so many things." One of her favorite short definitions, she adds, is "information designer, [which tells people that] the dramaturg is part of the design staff. ... I'm in charge of the text and context of the play." Chicago Tribune 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:43 am

London's Skyrocketing Ticket Prices Theatre ticket prices have gone "mad" in London's West End. It's £127 for some seats? "These prices weed out the poor, the young and the would-be first-time theatregoer and ensure that the gilded auditorium retains its Victorian smugness and rows of white hair and glinting jewellery." The Observer 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:58 am

Broadway's Twist On The Casting Couch Scandal "Like any great headlining play, the newest sex scandal to hit America's acting profession has a fresh twist: the top producer accused of sexually harassing the cast of a Broadway play is a woman.
Her alleged victims are also far from being wide-eyed starlets. Instead they are some of the top names on Broadway, including Irish actor Gabriel Byrne."
The Observer 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:56 am

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Publishing

Whom Cares The word "whom" is heading off to join "thou" and "ye" in pronoun heaven. Should we care? Boston Globe 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:17 am

Slash Fiction: Have It Your Way "In the unregulated hothouse which is the Internet, new literary life forms appear and change at the speed at which fruit flies mutate. Among the fastest growing - and changing - of web-spawned literary species is 'slash fiction'." The Telegraph (UK) 02/14/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:34 am

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Brokeback's Big Night At The Baftas In all Brokeback Mountain won four awards, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay. It is widely tipped to win many of the same awards at the Oscars in March. BBC 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:46 pm

Deeply In Focus... There seems to be a sudden interest in "deep focus" and its original Hollywood practitioners. It's a simple cinematic technique, and yet its history and meaning are somewhat misunderstood... Straight Up (AJBlogs) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:37 am

Women In The Movies - MIA Where have the good women's movie roles gone? "For the most part, the current fare seems to be channeling the 1950s, with female characters offered up only as accessories — ornamental but unnecessary. And so, in the movies with muscle, we see them as nurturing friends ("Capote"), neglected wives ("Brokeback Mountain," "Syriana"), pregnant helpmeets ("Munich"), and objects of lust ("Match Point," "King Kong"). Has even one heroine turned up this season who is as compelling as, say, a penguin?" Los Angeles Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:58 am

The Death Of Britsh Art Cinema? "For any director with no interest in following in Billy Elliot's ballet shoes, funding is scarce, and the climate so hostile that there is little chance to experiment and develop. Some, such as Pawel Pawlikowski and the prolific Michael Winterbottom, have been lucky. But most of the great hopes for the future who have emerged in the past decade have yet to put much distance between themselves and the starting blocks." New Statesman 02/20/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:38 am

Is TV Really Good For Your Kids? Most studies say too much TV for kids is bad. "Most studies of the impact of television, however, are seror some seats? "These prices weed out the poor, the young and the would-be first-time theatregoer and ensure that the gilded auditorium retains its Victorian smugness and rows of white hair and glinting jewellery." The Observer 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:58 am

Broadway's Twist On The Casting Couch Scandal "Like any great headlining play, the newest sex scandal to hit America's acting profession has a fresh twist: the top producer accused of sexually harassing the cast of a Broadway play is a woman.
Her alleged victims are also far from being wide-eyed starlets. Instead they are some of the top names on Broadway, including Irish actor Gabriel Byrne."
The Observer 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:56 am

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Whom Cares The word "whom" is heading off to join "thou" and "ye" in pronoun heaven. Should we care? Boston Globe 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 10:17 am

Slash Fiction: Have It Your Way "In the unregulated hothouse which is the Internet, new literary life forms appear and change at the speed at which fruit flies mutate. Among the fastest growing - and changing - of web-spawned literary species is 'slash fiction'." The Telegraph (UK) 02/14/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:34 am

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Media

Brokeback's Big Night At The Baftas In all Brokeback Mountain won four awards, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay. It is widely tipped to win many of the same awards at the Oscars in March. BBC 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:46 pm

Deeply In Focus... There seems to be a sudden interest in "deep focus" and its original Hollywood practitioners. It's a simple cinematic technique, and yet its history and meaning are somewhat misunderstood... Straight Up (AJBlogs) 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 9:37 am

Women In The Movies - MIA Where have the good women's movie roles gone? "For the most part, the current fare seems to be channeling the 1950s, with female characters offered up only as accessories — ornamental but unnecessary. And so, in the movies with muscle, we see them as nurturing friends ("Capote"), neglected wives ("Brokeback Mountain," "Syriana"), pregnant helpmeets ("Munich"), and objects of lust ("Match Point," "King Kong"). Has even one heroine turned up this season who is as compelling as, say, a penguin?" Los Angeles Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:58 am

The Death Of Britsh Art Cinema? "For any director with no interest in following in Billy Elliot's ballet shoes, funding is scarce, and the climate so hostile that there is little chance to experiment and develop. Some, such as Pawel Pawlikowski and the prolific Michael Winterbottom, have been lucky. But most of the great hopes for the future who have emerged in the past decade have yet to put much distance between themselves and the starting blocks." New Statesman 02/20/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:38 am

Is TV Really Good For Your Kids? Most studies say too much TV for kids is bad. "Most studies of the impact of television, however, are seriously flawed. They compare kids who watch TV and kids who don't, when kids in those two groups live in very different environments. Kids who watch no TV, or only a small amount of educational programming, as a group are from much wealthier families than those who watch hours and hours. Because of their income advantage, the less-TV kids have all sorts of things going for them that have nothing to do with the impact of television." Slate 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:19 am

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The Man To Save Colorado Ballet Colorado Ballet's survival is on the shoulders of new director Gil Boggs. "It is not much of an overstatement to say that the very survival of the company rests on him as it tries to reverse a financial crisis and repair its image after the controversial firing of 19-year artistic director Martin Fredmann in October." Denver Post 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:18 pm

Wheeldon - Redefining Classical Ballet? Choreographer Christopher "Wheeldon may well, like George Balanchine, expand the boundaries of what is considered classical ballet. Taken as a whole, Mr. Wheeldon's ballets are like the rooms of a mansion. Some are grand, some simple, and most of them are inviting. The rooms of 'Liturgy,' 'Klavier' and most of all 'After the Rain' look out not only on the gentle hills and craggy precipices of classical ballet, but also on the wide-open sea of a ballet that is rooted in classicism, as Balanchine's innovations were, but also enriched and transformed by modern dance of the 20th and 21st centuries." The New York Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:51 am

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iously flawed. They compare kids who watch TV and kids who don't, when kids in those two groups live in very different environments. Kids who watch no TV, or only a small amount of educational programming, as a group are from much wealthier families than those who watch hours and hours. Because of their income advantage, the less-TV kids have all sorts of things going for them that have nothing to do with the impact of television." Slate 02/17/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:19 am

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The Man To Save Colorado Ballet Colorado Ballet's survival is on the shoulders of new director Gil Boggs. "It is not much of an overstatement to say that the very survival of the company rests on him as it tries to reverse a financial crisis and repair its image after the controversial firing of 19-year artistic director Martin Fredmann in October." Denver Post 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 7:18 pm

Wheeldon - Redefining Classical Ballet? Choreographer Christopher "Wheeldon may well, like George Balanchine, expand the boundaries of what is considered classical ballet. Taken as a whole, Mr. Wheeldon's ballets are like the rooms of a mansion. Some are grand, some simple, and most of them are inviting. The rooms of 'Liturgy,' 'Klavier' and most of all 'After the Rain' look out not only on the gentle hills and craggy precipices of classical ballet, but also on the wide-open sea of a ballet that is rooted in classicism, as Balanchine's innovations were, but also enriched and transformed by modern dance of the 20th and 21st centuries." The New York Times 02/19/06
Posted: 02/19/2006 6:51 am

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