Two of them will be by the company’s current it-boy, Justin Peck; one will be by another NYCB member, Troy Schumacher, with another by San Francisco Ballet corps dancer Myles Thatcher, a protégé of choreographer Alexei Ratmansky.
Tag: 03.18.15
Three Women’s Lives Become One Of Iran’s Most Celebrated Stage Dramas
“None has a name, but their [well-known] identities emerge from the tales they tell. Each narrates a monologue, never acknowledging the others. But they have common memories – of childhood, of war – and when their stories cross, one stops and another picks up the thread. They cook as they speak, each in her own kitchen corner, chopping, cutting, mixing … This is Hamhavaie (acclimatising), … which is now being prepared for Europe and possibly the United States.”
Britain Increases Tax Breaks For High-End TV Drama
“As part of the Budget, [Chancellor of the Exchequer George] Osborne revealed that productions where expenditure for pre-production, principal photography and post-production accounted for upwards of 10% of the production budget would be eligible for relief. The previous threshold was 25%.”
Sylvie Guillem To Receive Special Olivier Award
“The classical and contemporary dancer will be presented with a special award at the London ceremony on 12 April. In her 33 year career, Guillem has danced all the leading roles of the classical repertoire with companies including The Royal Ballet and Kirov.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.19.15
What’s the Matter with “Why the Arts Matter?”
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-18
Yep, We Do That – Sequel (Part II)
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-03-18
It’s Official: A New Director For National Gallery
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-03-18
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Deadly Attack On Tunisian Museum
“Eight people were killed as they got off a bus to visit the museum, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman; 10 more were taken hostage and then killed. State television reported that a Tunisian museum guard who was injured in the attack and died later of his wounds.”
Gabriele Finaldi Named Head Of London’s National Gallery
“The 49-year-old is currently deputy director for collections and research at the Prado museum in Madrid. Finaldi was a curator at the National from 1992 to 2002, where he was responsible for the later paintings in the Italian and Spanish collections.”
This American Culture – A Mean Anti-Elitist Streak
When did “difficulty” become suspect in American culture, widely derided as anti-democratic and contemptuously dismissed as evidence of so-called elitism? If a work of art isn’t somehow immediately “understood” or “accessible” by and to large numbers of people, it is often ridiculed as “esoteric,” “obtuse,” or even somehow un-American.
Islamist Extremists And The Destruction Of History
Jon Lee Anderson: “All around the Middle East, archeological treasures of the ancient world have been stripped of their original glory – often, of what some call graven images. ISIS’s fanatics do so hatefully, as if to spite all others, but they are not the only perpetrators. Muslim extremists have long sought to destroy the physical evidence that any other faith worth valuing existed before their own.”