“Richard Alston is so old school it’s almost endearing. He’s been making dances for nearly 40 years and continues to make them just as he pleases, even if that means he’s completely out of step with a younger, more unruly generation.”
Tag: 01.10.10
Land Of Opportunity: The Artists Who Are Flocking To China
“Today China has become one of the most important places to create and invent. A lot of Western artists are coming here to live the dynamism and make especially crazy work they could never do anywhere else in the world.”
Pierre Boulez Talks Music
“Performers aren’t audacious enough today. They think audiences won’t respond to what’s unfamiliar. But to provoke — in the good sense — is the performer’s role. It’s not just to give one more concert. That’s not culture. That’s marketing.”
After The Stars Are Gone
“What do you do when your universally praised cast departs and you have to find another set of actors to carry on in a hit Broadway play?”
Could 3D TV Catch On This Year?
“For several years the industry has talked up the arrival of 3D TV in the home to little effect. Many however believe 2010 really is the breakthrough year for the technology, helped in large party by the growing number of 3D movies at the theatre and the success of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar.”
China’s Movie Box Office Up 44 Percent In 2009
“Box office revenue rose to 6.2 billion yuan (about $902 million Cdn), said Weng Li, a spokesman for the state-run China Film Group. Weng added that Chinese box office revenue has grown by an average of 30 per cent annually for the past six years.”
How To Encourage Innovation?
“If economists ran research labs, how would they motivate scientists? Great ideas take time, effort, and perseverance. There are countless dead ends and failures along the way.”