“The European public will be able to see ballets staged by Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre on cinema screens in real time starting from March 31, the organizers of the project said on Wednesday. Some 150 cinemas, mainly in France, will host the real-time shows of [Alexei Ratmansky’s] Flames of Paris ballet on the last day of March.”
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Julio Bocca To Head Uruguay’s National Dance Co.
“Argentina’s renowned ballet dancer Julio Bocca has been named by Uruguayan president Jose Mujica as the new director of the official Sodre Performances and Dance Company.”
The Latest Flap Over Canadian Content In Broadcasting
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s new rules require broadcasters to spend at least 30% of revenues on Canadian content, but are flexible about where and when that content is presented. Says one actor, “It’s great that broadcasters are being told to spend money on Canadian drama, but they’re not being told they have to air it.”
It’s Official: Lorin Maazel Is Headed To Munich Phil
“After the city of Munich had already spilled the beans, confirmation came today that Maazel will be the new chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic, starting 2012/13. From the press release it is not clear how long Maestro Maazel will grace Munich with his presence.”
King Tut Returns, And Egypt-Mania Hits New York Museums
The boy king who “gave his life for tourism” and the treasures from his tomb go on display this spring near Times Square, just as shows of ancient Egyptian art open at the Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums. (And why isn’t Tut at either of those venues? There’s a story there …)
To Boldly Go Where Only Klingon Went Before: Avatar Fans Start Speaking Na’vi
“Twenty-four hours after Avatar appeared in theaters, the Web site Language Log was teeming with comments about Na’vi, the alien tongue spoken in the film. The site is always lively, but it was especially so that day because Paul Frommer – who created the language – had shown up to discuss Na’vi syntax and phonetics.”
Banksy Draws Attention To Somebody Else
“With mutton-chop sideburns, a gone-fishing hat and a Ratatouille-style accent, Thierry Guetta is a character that documentary filmmakers pray for: gregarious, oddball, dogged and hungry for fame. In April, a documentary about Mr. Guetta – who’s either an overnight art-world sensation, or wholesale bogus creation – opens in New York, directed by British art-star Banksy.”
Scottish Opera Discovers The ‘Mozart Effect’
Just when the rest of us thought the whole Bach-builds-baby-brains business had been debunked, Scottish Opera has announced a “groundbreaking” project called “Baby O” – a specially-composed set of music, noises and other stimuli aimed at children aged six to 18 months.
Digital Technology Can Help Push Theatrical Boundaries
“[T]he growth of pervasive media and digital technologies is offering theatre-makers and audiences unprecedented new challenges and opportunities. … [T]hese technologies are not a passing fad; in fact they are as likely to have an impact on our theatregoing and theatre-making as the Oyster card, Facebook or mobile phones have had on our everyday lives.”
Huge Nerd Analyzes U Of Chicago Library Graffiti
Quinn “Dombrowski has come across [Regenstein Library] graffiti written in Arabic (‘a lot of it, actually’), Chinese (‘a reasonable amount’), German, Turkish, Greek, Russian and Serbian.” There are also “the graffiti she has found scrawled in dead languages; the graffiti that use the letters of multiple dead languages; and the graffiti scrawled in hieroglyphics.”