“While preserving the Balanchine legacy at Miami City Ballet, [Lourdes] Lopez also wants to introduce new choreographers and dances, particularly those that appeal to Miami’s multicultural audiences.” She also plans an extensive collaboration with Morphoses, which she co-founded with Christopher Wheeldon in 2007, that may involve moving the company from New York to Miami.
Tag: 02.14.13
Bid To End EU’s Cross-Border Double-Taxation Of Performers
“Currently, performers can be taxed in the foreign country they are working in, as well as their country of residence, due to a global treaty aimed at preventing tax evasion. The Performing Arts Employers Associations League Europe (PEARLE) wants to put a stop to this double taxation, claiming it is a ‘major hindrance’ for the arts sector.”
Let’s Get Pissed: The Upside Of Anger
“Today, we tend to think of it as a destructive emotion that can wreck relationships and blight careers. Indeed, the field of anger management is awash with theories on how best to control or suppress excess anger. But anger, it now seems, is not all bad. In fact, we might do well to cultivate our anger in some situations.”
And What Have The Researchers Told Us About Love For This Valentine’s Day?
Sarah Sloat gives us a rundown.
Bolshoi’s Double-Bill Rite Of Spring Is Back On
Moscow’s centennial celebration of the Nijinsky-Stravinsky work was to include both a reconstruction of the original 1913 ballet and a new version by choreographer Wayne McGregor – until he withdrew following the acid attack on Sergei Filin. Now the celebration is back on, with a new setting of Rite put together from scratch in weeks. In a Q&A, acting artistic director Galina Stepanenko explains.
New International Opera Awards To Launch This Spring
“Details of a new awards initiative for opera have been announced, with the inaugural prize-giving ceremony to be held in London on April 22. The International Opera Awards have been conceived by businessman Harry Hyman as ‘the first truly international set of prizes in the operatic world’ and are being supported by Opera magazine.”
The Erotic Sonnets Of John Donne
“Ask not for whom the earth moves. Donne was, in fact, a rake and a bawd before he became a preacher and, in the fullness of time, the dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.” And some of his verse is very bawdy indeed.
Rehabilitating King Macbeth (If It’s Working For Richard III …)
Scottish parliamentarian Alex Johnstone: “The reign of Macbeth, set in the context of the time, was successful and outward looking. To many, however, it is characterised by paranoia and murder because of Shakespeare’s portrayal. The proposal is to form an authoritative trail of important places connected with Macbeth … to allow people to draw a distinction between the fictional and factual character.”
Sick-Lit – What’s this Genre Say About Publishers?
“There are whole imprints of publishing houses devoted to so-called “young adult” (YA) fiction, and they are retooling their arsenals, shifting the paradigm from werewolves and wizards to hospitals and suicide plans.”
Sotheby’s Sued Over Caravaggio Mis-Attribution
According to the claim that was filed at the end of January, Lancelot Thwaytes seeks unspecified damages, interest and costs relating to the price difference between the £42,000 the painting sold for in 2006 and “what its true open market value was in 2006”, had it been attributed to Caravaggio and to be determined by expert evidence.