Chloé Lopes Gomes, a French citizen, who joined the Staatsballett as a corps de ballet member in 2018, said she had faced recurrent racial abuse from her ballet mistress. In an interview with the Guardian she also accuses the company of institutional racism after managers failed to act even after various incidents were brought to their attention. – The Guardian
Author: Douglas McLennan
Bigger Than The Oscars? The Video Game Awards Point The Future
Created in 2014 by the game media entrepreneur Geoff Keighley, the awards attracted almost 50 million viewers last year because, unlike the Oscars, The Game Awards are a forward-looking news and entertainment show, not a backward-looking nostalgia vehicle. – Protocol
Ten Best Canadian Performing Arts Performances Of 2020
And most of them you can see here streaming. – The Globe & Mail (Canada)
Why This Music Critic Clings To CDs
“Perhaps there’s a middle ground. Many recordings may reach more listeners, do more good and remain available longer online. But it is worth keeping at home recordings I cherish and albums of archival value, like a six-disc set of Bartok at the piano, or Artur Rubinstein’s 82-disc RCA catalog.” – The New York Times
How Dallas Opera Plans To Resume Live Performances Next Spring
The conductor and director for each production have teamed up to create the abridgments, which contain most of the famous arias, but omit the chorus because of social distancing requirements. One set will be slightly altered between productions, and there will be no intermission. Costumes and makeup will be minimal. – Dallas Morning News
A 2020 Best Theatre List Requires Expanding Your Mind
Peter Marks: “Putting the most positive spin I can muster on the stricken field I cover — identifying the best of what has transpired in the worst of theatrical times — requires a look beyond play X and musical Y.” – Washington Post
Knopf Hires LitHub Editor As Its New Executive Editor
In addition to having edited Lit Hub and Granta, John Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world. – Deadline
Canadian Broadcasters Struggle With How To Deal With Legacy Shows With Inappropriate Content
Robert Hackett, an emeritus professor in Simon Fraser University’s communications department, suggested broadcasters are “caught between a rock and a hard place” when it comes to addressing the problems with beloved content, where they risk facing accusations of cultural insensitivity on one hand or censorship on the other. – Toronto Star
A Rave Review For A Dreadful “Messiah”
The tempos were ragged. There was no dynamic nuance at all. Some of the best movements of the oratorio were simply omitted. The singing, to be blunt, was perfectly horrendous. But I had a wonderful time. Of course, I was the only performer in sight. – San Francisco Chronicle
Did Orwell’s Early Death Save His Reputation?
Had Orwell lived even a few more years he would have been drawn into public discussions of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four and their meaning. And had he equalled his friend Cyril Connolly’s longevity and lived into the 1970s, he would have become embroiled in controversies like the Cold War, nuclear disarmament, feminism, decolonisation, Vietnam, immigration and, who knows, Northern Ireland. – Dublin Review of Books