03.30.17 – Page 2 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Here’s A Problem: A Failure To Fail

“Learning resilience is fundamental to a successful career as a scientist. The experiments we try will fail many times before they work, whether as an undergraduate, a PhD student, or a postdoc gunning for a faculty position… But actually overcoming failure is challenging. Many students who began science degrees with me switched to other majors the first time a project failed. One failure and they were gone.”

Exit Interview: Doug Sonntag Reflects On 30 Years Of Dance At The NEA

“The level of dancing has improved tremendously. It’s especially notable in the ballet companies. The depth of technique really extends from the principals all the way to the corps de ballet. That’s quite astounding. There are also changes in the system of dance and not necessarily in a good way. When I came here 30 years ago, touring was still a viable option for most dance companies, in particular the modern companies. We had grants to dance presenters, to dance companies. There was a network of support for touring activity, which is crucial to dance. There were multiple streams of income that went towards those presentations.”

Rochester Art Center In Deep Financial Distress

The center is an important piece of the city’s Destination Medical Center economic development project, which aims to raise Rochester’s national and international profile by boosting its downtown. Cultivating the arts as a magnet to draw younger people to the region is key to the plan.

The Nonesuch Records Exec Who Made A Business Going His Own Way

Robert Hurwitz has run Nonesuch for 30 years. “At other record company parties, you’re expected to do cocaine with the Rolling Stones or something. At this company party, you listen to the record company president play Satie beautifully on his living room piano.”

Why Is It So Difficult For Theatre To Make Good Plays About The Art World?

As an art critic in the theater reviewer’s seat, I found myself wondering why the art market continues to hold dramatic appeal, and why so few people get it right. Of course biographical plays have always appealed, whether done straight, like the play “Red,” about Rothko, or more dreamily, like the Seurat-refracting “Sunday in the Park With George.” Yet the big-money domains of the auction houses and the largest galleries remain stubbornly beyond most writers’ faculties.

How One Song Changed The Arc Of ‘Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet Of 1812’

“More than just a nice showcase for Josh Groban, ‘Dust and Ashes’ makes the non-linearity of mental illness dramatically compelling.”

The Young Composer Whose Way With The Orchestra Impresses Even Riccardo Muti

“He looks like a club DJ. The titles of his pieces – Omnivorous Furniture, for one – are punk-rock friendly. The music itself sounds so spontaneous it has to be at least partly improvised.” David Patrick Stearns talks to composer Mason Bates.

Philadelphia Museum Of Art Launches Half-A-Billion-Dollar Fundraising And Renovation Campaign

“The campaign, which already has raised $326 million, according to museum officials, is aimed at completely revamping the interior of the museum, enhancing programming, and adding to the museum’s endowment, which now stands at about $448 million, well below comparable institutions across the country.”

What The Young Ella Fitzgerald Really Wanted Was To Dance

For Ella’s upcoming 100th birthday (April 25), Amy Henderson recounts the story of that fateful Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater, Ella’s original plan for it, and why she changed her mind just before going on.

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