“Imagine if trail sharing became routine. Reporters could enrich their stories by showing how they came to their conclusions. You could send funny or jokey pathways, like cognitive emoji. Trails are like Proustian cookies, teleporting us back to mental states from weeks ago.”
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Dancers Will Take Over The Entire Tate Modern For Two Days
“Tate Modern is to become a museum of dance for 48 hours as 75 performers take over the gallery spaces for displays and workshops, and the Turbine Hall is transformed into a nightclub.”
Jon Stewart Was Really Our Greatest Media Critic
James Poniewozik: “So Stewart wasn’t an actual news anchor. What his show did with comedy was a kind of journalism nonetheless, using satire and some thorough research of source material to analyze the news and analyze its analysis. Any honest media critic knew that Stewart was doing the job better than the rest of us. … Do the same thing in print and you’re an op-ed columnist. Stewart and company simply managed to do it in a format that people paid attention to.”
How Ousmane Sembene Invented African Cinema
“The Senegalese filmmaker … effectively created an African film industry out of nothing: … French colonial authorities had made it illegal for Africans to make films of their own, so countries like Senegal had no film equipment, no professional actors, and no funding.”
Grant Strate, 87, Elder Statesman Of Canadian Dance
“Strate was a charter member of the National Ballet of Canada in 1951 and later its first resident choreographer. … In 1970, Strate went on to found York University’s department of dance, the first of its kind in Canada. Rejecting preconceived notions, he forged a vision focused on creative research and the concept of the ‘thinking dancer.'”
Ballet’s Tormented Superstar Sergei Polunin Stars In Pop Music Video
The gifted young Ukrainian, who became the youngest principal ever at London’s Royal Ballet and then abruptly bolted from the company in 2012, is burning up the Web with a new video, directed by David LaChapelle, of Hozier’s hit “Take Me to Church.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.10.15
Price discrimination, time and money at the theatre
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2015-02-10
Why Beauty in a Business School?
AJBlog: Jumper Published 2015-02-10
College Art Association’s Guidelines for Appropriation Art
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-02-10
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The Playwright Whose Work Is Never Done (In More Than One Sense)
“Terrence McNally plays are like city buses: They sweep by, may not take you where you think you’re going, and, when absent for a while, suddenly arrive in droves and from all directions.”