“Wherever a dance professional’s focus might be in their work with older people, most agree that performing for an audience can have transformative effects, not only for older dancers but also for the audience. The range of emotions that comes with taking part in a performance can make it a significant life event.”
Tag: 03.02.16
Looted Antiquities Found In Refugee Tent In Europe
“Three ancient Mesopotamian sculptures, thought to have been excavated illegally in Syria or Iraq, have been found in a Slovenian refugee camp on the border with Croatia, police said on Wednesday.”
Allen Ginsburg’s Uncollected Gems
“There were hundreds of poems composed and never collected, poems spanning the broad range of his life and career. Ginsberg loved gathering his works together. He kept copies of his essays, his interviews, his music, and his speeches and organized them in large file cabinets in his office.”
A City Where Women Are Running The Arts
“The fact is a sea change is going on in the biggest cultural institutions in the city—almost all of which are, or are about to be, run by women.”
Researchers: Taking Selfies Is Changing The Way We See Art In Museums
It seems many museum-goers “want to quickly ‘consume’ the work without actually engaging (much) in its content,” the researchers write. “That is, they seem to take it in quickly and then move on to the next work. But not before creating a visual record of the fact they were there.”
Being Irrational Is Good (Sometimes), Says Study
“We know people aren’t great at making choices, and sometimes the choices we do make are downright weird. (See: politics.) Well, take heart, fellow humans: It’s actually pretty common to make odd, irrational decisions – and, according to a new study, it might even be for the best.”
This Writer Is On Trial For A Risqué Poem About His President
“The Burmese poet Maung Saungkha does not have a tattoo of Myanmar’s President on his penis. At least, that is what he has told everyone who has asked him recently. He may soon have to prove it in court.”
Hindu Right Attacks Classical Indian Lit Project At Harvard
“A group of Sanskrit scholars in India are calling for an American professor working on a groundbreaking project on Indian classics at Harvard University to be removed because of his ‘deep antipathy’ to Indian ideals and culture, according to a Change.org petition filed Saturday.”
When Aztecs Made Catholic Icons Out Of Feathers
“Following their takeover, the Spanish encouraged amantecas, or feather artists, to continue their work … Crafted carefully with glue from orchid bulbs, feather art remained very much connected to precolonial history, even as the indigenous art was forcibly altered into a new fusion between the Old World and the New.”
Britain’s Class System Affects Even Actors’ Pay
“New research has claimed there is a ‘class ceiling’ in British performing arts which deters working-class actors and means they are paid less than their middle-class contemporaries.”