Frank Gehry’s oval design, with no stage, merely a center, genuinely seems to open up, in the spirit of Boulez’s long-held desire for a flexible salle modulable, the possibility of the “thinking ear”: to engage, to reflect, to make itself part of the performance. The greatest possible distance between the conductor and the most distant member of the audience (682 seats in total) is just 14 meters. There is intimacy—the intimacy, its initiators hope, of collaborative endeavor.
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SXSW Says It Will Amend Its Artist “Deportation” Contract Clause
Following an avalanche of criticism over what some bands said was a “deportation clause” in its performance contract, the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., which starts Friday, released a statement on Tuesday saying that it would amend its agreements starting in 2018. The organizers of the festival, however, furiously denied that the language in its contracts over the past five years had been designed to encourage the deportation of foreign artists visiting the United States to perform at its event.
The Live-Action ‘Beauty And The Beast’ – Inside Disney’s $300 Million Gamble
“Why did Disney decide that modernizing [the beloved animated film] was a risk worth taking? … Some people see a cynical money grab, a way to keep those theme park turnstiles clicking and little girls begging their parents for princess gowns. But the answer is actually a lot more complex.” Brooks Barnes investigates.
The Louvre’s Vermeer Show Is A Chaotic Mess
Demand so high it crashed the ticketing website. Frustrated crowds queued up for hours past their scheduled viewing time – which they can arrange only after tickets have been purchased. Angry patrons treating innocent security staff so badly that the latter are threatening to strike. But a Louvre spokesperson says, “We should be happy to see that crowds can also show up for an Old Masters exhibition, and not just for contemporary shows.” (Yes, what a surprise that must have been for the museum that houses the Mona Lisa.)
Did Peter Gelb Fire Jonas Kaufmann From The Met’s New ‘Tosca’ Next Season?
Two weeks after the Metropolitan Opera announced its 2017-18 season, including a big new production of Tosca headlined by Kaufmann, the tenor revealed that he had withdrawn from the project. However, tucked deep in this article by Michael Cooper about Kaufmann’s frequent cancellations is a quote from Met general manager Peter Gelb which implies that he made Kaufmann’s withdrawal more complete than Kaufmann himself had wished.
Architect Of Dubai’s Next Big Landmark Says His Work Has Been Stolen
Fernando Donis, a former associate of Rem Koolhaas at OMA (the CCTV headquarters in Beijing is his design), had hoped that the new Dubai Frame, which he won an international competition to design, would be his grand debut under his own name. Instead, he maintains, the emirate has stolen his copyright and frozen him out of the project.
Are Things Finally Getting Better For Women In The Art World?
“A number of high-profile institutions are actively attempting to redress gender disparity in their collections, exhibitions, and leadership. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate a few of the most noteworthy recent initiatives around the world.”
A Photo Journal From Inside Africa’s Leading Ballet Company
Principal dancer Shannon Glover takes a photographer backstage at Johannesburg Ballet.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.08.17
Imagining a bright future
Suppose in 10 years all problems that orchestras have will be solved! Suppose that orchestras have a vibrant young audience, that people all over the country are talking about what orchestras do. Suppose … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2017-03-08
Report: In London, Gentrification Threatens Cultural Vitality
The report “notes that although the vast majority of visitors to the capital reportedly come because of ‘culture and heritage’, 35% of London’s grassroots music venues closed from 2007-2015 and 3,500 artists are likely to lose their places of work by 2019. It argues that rising rents ultimately price people out of areas and cause tension between old and new resident communities, and that the resulting marginalisation of certain groups adds to a homogenisation of residents and culture in the area.”