“There’s a lot of talk these days about how opera is producing a new generation of singing actors… But talking to … singers who have ventured outside opera tends to reinforce the hoary stereotype that opera singers can’t act. Actually, it’s not that these singers can’t act. It’s that opera has so poorly equipped them to do so.”
Tag: 02.19.11
Paul Taylor Scouts for Talent Via the Web
“Viral marketing works for Lady Gaga. Why not Paul Taylor?” His dance company and “Talenthouse, an online platform founded in 2009 that links aspiring artists with established brands or companies, … [have] launched a competition (known as a Creative Invite) that lets anyone vie for two scholarships to the company’s 2011 Summer Intensive.”
Well, There’s One Place Where a Record Store Is Expanding
In downtown Toronto, Sunrise Records – just across Yonge Street from the site of the once-legendary Sam the Record Man – has opened a new second-floor space dedicated to classical, jazz and blues CDs.
Why Artists Should Write About Their Work
“If artists more frequently approached writing in public as just such an extension, rather than a means of explaining or promoting it, they might find the process comes more naturally. I’m calling for a messier kind of writing, more vulnerable and yet more declamatory. Writing that is the product of a desire to speak as well as an obligation to communicate.”
Dance Helps Parkinson’s, MS Sufferers
The dance classes help students focus movement and gain more control over their bodies…
South Coast Rep’s New Director
Out of the 100 plays that Mark Masterson produced at Louisville, 96 of them were world premieres that went on to show around the country… Besides his time in Louisville, Masterson spent 20 years as the producing director at the City Theatre in Pittsburgh. In 1998, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.
Hollywood Pays Attention To The YouTube Generation
“In at least nine recent and forthcoming films, Paramount appears to be reaching toward an audience that was raised on flip-phone cameras, YouTube and a belief that everything, ultimately, belongs inside the frame.”
New York’s Seaport Museum In Jeopardy
“Over the last three weeks seven of the 21 trustees resigned from the board, and on Monday the museum furloughed 32 employees — half of the staff. Future exhibitions have been put on hold, the museum has effectively eliminated its curatorial and development departments.”
It’s Back (The Art Market)
“The two-week set of major winter auctions in London that concluded Friday resulted in some of the strongest prices for contemporary art seen since the recession. Wednesday, Christie’s sold $99.2 million worth of contemporary art, the most expensive batch of new art it has sold in London since the market reached a peak nearly three years ago.”
Want To Be More Creative? Stop Paying Attention
“The scientists measured the success of 60 undergraduates in various fields, from the visual arts to science. They asked the students if they’d ever won a prize at a juried art show or been honored at a science fair. In every domain, students who had been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder achieved more: Their inability to focus turned out to be a creative advantage.”