“It’s called modestly, almost shyly, the Creative Employment Programme and its aim is to get is to 6,500 arts apprentices aged 16 to 24 in two years – in an industry that doesn’t have apprentices in its antecedents. It’s been an industry that prefers its young people to commit themselves with passion and enthusiasm for nothing.”
Tag: 02.12.13
James Kudelka Returns To National Ballet Of Canada
The renowned choreographer was the Toronto company’s artistic director from 1996 to 2005; after resigning, he opened a bakery in an Ontario village and largely withdrew from the dance world. Now he’s back, and current artistic director Karen Kain has reopened the relationship by commissioning a new ballet from him.
Period-Style Baroque Opera In A Cabaret Space
“From its debut in 2011, the Haymarket Opera Company has thrived by putting on repertory of the sort no other Chicago group has investigated as thoroughly – unusual baroque chamber operas using period instruments and historically informed stage direction, movement and design. These intimate rarities have felt perfectly at home in Mayne Stage, a cabaret-style theater in the city’s Rogers Park neighborhood that seats 230 and serves drinks during performances.”
Azerbaijan Puts Bounty On Veteran Novelist’s Ear
“Azerbaijan’s troubled efforts to portray itself as a progressive and Western-oriented country took a beating this week with the announcement by a pro-government political party that it will pay $12,700 to anyone who cuts off the ear of a 75-year-old novelist. The author is Akram Aylisli, and his crime is to have written a novella called Stone Dreams that is sympathetic to Armenians.”
NY City Opera’s Latest Problem: It Can’t Fit All The Naked Guys On Stage
Says Jay Scheib, director of the company’s production of Adès’s Powder Her Face (opening Friday), “In the original production meeting, I said I was looking for 88 men. But it became apparent that they wouldn’t fit on the stage. It became a hazard – you don’t want anyone to fall into the orchestra pit.”
Denver Decides Whether To Keep Its Blue Horse
“The contract has expired for the 32-foot tall piece of public art, which some people love and others hate, especially its glowing red eyes at night.”
Why Does An Oscar Best Actress Award So Often Signal Downward Career Turn?
“She was too pretty, too thin — and look at her career after that Oscar win. Nothing. Anything she does now, she gets criticized for.”
A New Dallas Museum Sparks Curiosity About Science
“A lot of people wish wilfully spectacular architecture like the Perot’s would die off. Mayne, who recently received the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, shows us what it can do at its best.”
Movie Ticket Prices Stabilized In 2012, Admissions Up
“Movie admissions rose 5.5% in 2012. That would be a turnaround from recent years. For instance from 2010 to 2011, admissions declined about 4 percent. Prices rose to $7.96 in 2012 from $7.93 in 2011, an increase of only 3 cents per ticket.”
The Crowdfunded Broadway Cast Album
“If there are enough people who care about these recordings and who love this community and love these artists and will pay whatever it takes to get these things recorded, and there are tools to do that, then why not use them?”