Henry Danton danced in London and Paris (including for Roland Petit’s company); toured in Europe, Australia, and South America; and taught in Colombia, Venezuela, New York, and Miami before settling in Mississippi. He still teaches in five different cities in the state, and he drives himself to most of his classes. – Hattiesburg (MS) American
Tag: 03.29.19
Would England’s Morris Dancing Clubs Rather Die Out Than Go Co-Ed?
Yes, it’s apparently a real question: as clubs gradually disappear and the membership of the remaining groups ages, admitting women would seem to be an obvious way to keep things going. But whether or not to do so is an argument raging on within the (shrinking) Morris community. – The Guardian
Rise Of The Women Choreographers?
By some estimates, about 90 percent of choreographers at major companies are male. Even though ballerinas have been the focal point of dance. Now though, there seems to be a new generation of women choreographers getting attention. – BBC
The Higher Education Scandal: Exploitation Of Adjuncts
Tuitions have soared. Student debt is unsustainable. Meanwhile, more and more of the actual teaching is delivered by adjunct faculty who are woefully underpaid, have little or no job security and whose employment can end on a whim. Here’s a collection of first-hand stories. – Chronicle of Higher Education
Are Arts Orgs’ Diversity Initiatives Just A New Form Of Paternalism?
That’s the charge made by a few leading arts figures, among them Madani Younis, creative director of London’s Southbank Centre: “This paternalism on the one hand allows institutions to co-opt the concerns of diversity, of gender, of class and so on. On the one hand, you say: ‘That’s super good. These guys are on it, they hear the cry and they are looking to change something’. But on the flip side of that new paternalism, those very institutions then get to decide what the pace of change is. And for me that is perverse.” – Arts Professional
Oppress This, Jair! Brazilian Theatermakers Resist Bolsonaro By Getting Naked
At least that’s what they’ve been doing at the International Theater Exposition of São Paulo, which is “squaring up to an era of right-wing populism with a celebration of otherness, difference and resistance. More often than not, this resistance manifests itself in the naked body. In show after show, nudity takes on a political role.” – The Guardian
Richest Man In Hong Kong Spent Nearly $400M To Build City’s First Museum Of Buddhist Art
Li Ka-shing, 90, renovated an old hilltop monastery to house the collection of 100 devotional sculptures and 43 handwritten scriptures. While construction was completed in 2015, the museum’s inauguration was held on March 27, and it will begin welcoming the public free of charge on May 1. – Artnet
Study: Canadian Artists Make Less Than Average Workers – Way Less
The median individual income of Canada’s artists is $23,100, or 45 per cent less than all Canadian workers ($41,900). A typical artist has employment income of just $15,000, a figure that is 59 per cent lower than the median of all workers ($36,700). That’s from a workforce of almost 800,000 people in Canada who work in cultural industries, which would also include librarians and archivists, graphic designers, editors and architects. – Toronto Star
How Accurate Is The Ballet Plot In The TV Show ‘This Is Us’?
Yes, this is a minute-by-minute fact check of the ballet scenes (and the overarching sudden ballet plot) in the show’s third season. – Dance Magazine
What Drives Actor Dev Patel
Patel, star of Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, and now Hotel Mumbai, says that when he finds a new project, “after that initial excitement, you’re just drenched with fear of, now I have to actually do this. That’s kind of what happens with everything. It’s eagerness, curiosity and excitement, followed by fear and how the hell am I going to get through this?” – The New York Times