“Your old-fashioned hard-nosed football junkies would say dancing is soft, but there are a lot of benefits that athletes could gain from dancing. Your more explosive athletes are usually your athletes with the higher levels of flexibility, agility and coordination. These are all qualities that can be gained from dancing.”
Tag: 03.27.11
Merger Of Actors Unions Getting Closer
“Efforts to merge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are moving ahead, though not quite so fast as some have suggest.”
Egyptian Artifacts Still Missing
“Egyptian officials said Friday 800 priceless artifacts were still missing after armed robbers raided a warehouse near the canal city of Ismailiya in the unrest following a popular revolt.”
Libya’s Heritage Sites Have Suffered From Decades Of Neglect
“This is our history and there are goats all over it. We have no government, so how can you expect a place like this to be protected?”
Smithsonian Decides Not To Buy Endangered LA Murals
“The Museum’s bid – submitted in late 2010 – was in keeping with its strong commitment to obtaining historic and culturally significant works of art on behalf of the American people for exhibition in the nation’s capital and on national tours.”
Spain’s Arts Crisis
“However lively Madrid or Barcelona might look, and a visit to any regional city greets you with a spanking new public art gallery, something is missing. For all the late dinners and cocaine nights, gleaming museums and prestigious international shows, there is an air of crisis.”
Regional Theatres Try The National Tour
“Touring has long been the model for Broadway shows, which send out national casts, and for larger dance companies and musical ensembles that could not exist if they depended on an audience in only one city. Now regional theaters are exploring it.”
Does The Virtual Met Opera Compete With The Stage Version?
“Keeping pace with contemporary theatrical values is not accomplished without criticism. Recently our live movie-theater transmissions have been questioned for possibly undermining our stage presentations. It has been suggested that some of our artists are scaling down their performances to please the cameras at the expense of the audience in our auditorium.”
Chinese Dance (Everywhere Except In China, Of Course)
“Creating a production that cannot be performed in China proper, at least as it is currently titled, might seem a questionable strategy for a fledgling private dance company that depends on sponsorship for its existence, and that cites the promotion of modern dance in China and of Chinese culture overseas as goals.”
Recreating Martha Graham (The Person)
“I was always so amazed when we did press conferences on tour at how articulate she was about what she was doing. She could charm everybody and relate everything to these great issues in life: love and jealousy and desire. She could make everybody feel like they were taking part in a poem.”