But by the time she was 30, in 1907, she had launched a career that would take her to Bali and Java, India and Ceylon, and North Africa, writing about the dance she found for London publications from Ballet to The Daily Telegraph.
Tag: 03.02.16
One Of The Asian-American Kids At The Oscars Tells What It’s Like To Be The Butt Of The Joke
“By the time they made it back to the dressing room, Estie’s older sister had already texted them a screenshot of the flurry of angry Twitter reactions that were starting to pop up. She was so upset on behalf of her little sister that she was shaking.”
Give Me A Break: Anne Midgette On Classical Stars Who Take Sabbaticals
“Pierre-Laurent Aimard did it quietly. Evgeny Kissin did it in a casual remark to a presenter. Piotr Anderszewski, evidently, has done it in an interview with the website Humans of New York … What’s ‘it?’ Time off. Stepping off the treadmill.”
Missing Hong Kong Booksellers Turn Up – On Mainland Chinese TV, Confessing
“Five booksellers who disappeared from Hong Kong last year have re-surfaced in detention in mainland China. They appeared in interviews on TV in which they confessed to crimes and ‘mistakes’.”
There’s A Tradition Of Artists Skewering Politicians. So Where’s The Trump Art?
“Surely liberal and leftwing artists won’t be able to resist pointing out the monsterish qualities of Trump? We have, after all, already had the appearance of HP Lovecraft’s terrifying monster Cthulhu, who is apparently running for office, in a pulp-horror parody of America’s nightmare scenario.”
Report: Netflix Accounted For Half The Drop In TV Viewing Last Year
“The analyst calculated that based on an estimate that Netflix’s domestic subs streamed 29 billion hours of video last year, representing 6% of total American live-plus-7 TV viewing reported by Nielsen (up from 4.4% in 2014).”
Scenes Of Life In Ancient Egypt, Deciphered Via Crowdsourcing
“Tales of tragedy written on papyrus that lay hidden for centuries in an Ancient Egyptian rubbish dump have been revealed after being pieced together with the help of a small army of citizen scientists. The stories range from a doctor’s report on the drowning of a 12-year-old slave girl to a rendition of the Book of Exodus in the style of a Greek tragedy.”
A Very Odd List Of Books That Are Banned In Prisons
“It’s not hard to imagine why prison officials would deny an inmate a copy of How to Beat Up Anybody. Or The Soldier of Fortune Guide to How to Disappear and Never be Found. And surely the inmate who sent away for The CIA Lockpicking Manual knew he was pressing his luck. But it’s less obvious why the authorities would ban The 4-Hour Chef, The Illustrated Bible, and The Big Book of Solitaire.”
Cultural Diplomacy: America’s UN Ambassador Uses Broadway Musical To Make Point About Human Rights
“International diplomacy can take unexpected twists, taking in pandas and ping-pong. Now Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, has added Broadway musicals to the diplomatic toolkit.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.02.16
The Spirit of Alma Thomas
Talk about a life: Alma Thomas was born in Georgia in the 1890s, one of the most vicious decades of the Jim Crow South. She told a reporter in 1972 that when she was young, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-03-02
Weekend Listening Tip: Terell Stafford & The SRJO
Trumpeter Terell Stafford was the recent guest soloist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Jazz Northwest’s Jim Wilke recorded them and will air one of the concerts on Sunday. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-03-03
The Arts in the Small Community
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of The Arts in the Small Community project led by Robert E. Gard, and we … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-03-01
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