Following widespread concern from opera lovers and threats of a strike from employees, the Gran Teatre del Liceu has concluded an agreement with its staff’s labor unions that (says management) will allow the house to resume virtually all of the programming that had been cancelled due to a shortage of funds.
Tag: 02.24.12
Is There An Australian Style Of Dance?
“The [Australian Ballet’s] world premiere of Infinity tonight, featuring work by three of Australia’s most respected choreographers, Graeme Murphy, Stephen Page and Gideon Obarzanek, … gives us an opportunity to reflect on the idea of ‘Australian dance’. Does Australian dance have something recognisable in quality, style or form?”
Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty In Criminal Case Of Obama ‘Hope’ Image
“The creator of the Barack Obama ‘HOPE’ poster pleaded guilty Friday to criminal contempt, saying he made a ‘terrible decision’ in 2009 to destroy some documents and fabricate others in a civil lawsuit pertaining to The Associated Press photograph he relied upon to make the poster.”
How Books Saved Armenian Civilization
“[For] large parts of its history Armenia has been a nation without a country. This has given the spoken and written word, the primary means through which Armenian identity has been preserved, enormous prominence in its people’s culture. Over the centuries this emphasis has fostered a particular regard for books and the means of producing them.”
California Shuts Redevelopment Agencies That Fund Community-Building Through Arts
“More than $350 million in arts projects have been funded by redevelopment agencies in Los Angeles County over the past 45 years, including construction of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Grand Avenue headquarters ($23 million) and the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts ($60 million).” Now the redevelopment programs have been shelved.
How To Save The Oscars Telecast
“The Oscars are about the movies, not podium jokes and stage spectaculars. Generating audience enthusiasm requires more radical steps. Here are a few ideas for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, all designed to engage moviegoers’ interests without sacrificing Oscar voters’ independent critical judgment.”
Why LeBron Can’t Take The Pressure – And Why Some Of Us Can’t Either
“For social scientists, the National Basketball Association isn’t simply a source of pulse-pounding excitement, it’s a laboratory that yields insights into human behavior,” even in the arts. (Check out the one on unconscious racial bias, for instance – that’s a pretty powerful study.)
Working Musicians Need To Hear And Play – In The Same Evening
“When I go to hear live music, I experience one of the few healthy things that our culture offers us: a chance to connect with members of our species without our differences being at the fore. Wouldn’t it be great to play music the same way? It seems like that should be the way it is, but our culture isn’t small enough to unify music making.”
What In The World Are Those U.K. Publishers Talking About? A Decoder For The Rest Of Us
What are those publishers saying? Janice Harayda, and Twitter, translate:
“Eminently marketable”: “This author looks fit” – Catherine Fox, author
To Understand Architect Oscar Niemeyer, Take An ‘Architour’ Of Brazil
“Though Niemeyer turned 104 in December, a tour of his work isn’t just a history lesson: he is still planning and realising new projects, and with the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics both coming to Brazil, there is no shortage of energy and investment.”