“You don’t need to speak a language to understand dance. For all that many cultures have a highly specific dance language, it arguably doesn’t matter if the dancer is French, Thai or Martian: you will be able to respond to it physically or emotionally, even if you wouldn’t be able to comprehend a word. But the moment that choreographers introduce language, all that changes.”
Tag: 04.06.11
How Do You Know That Egypt’s Revolution Has Stalled? The Jokes Have Stopped.
“For centuries, Egyptians have turned to humor, often dressed up in dark sarcasm, as a tonic for a battered soul.” And the Tahrir Square uprising “inspired a resurgence of that famously biting Egyptian wit. … But now that moment has passed, damped by the recognition that for many people life today is even harder than before.”
Brisbane Galleries Claim Title Of Australia’s Most-Visited
The city’s “twin art galleries the Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery have for the first time stolen the crown as the nation’s most visited museums, after they attracted 1.8 million people last year.”
Opera Australia’s Aggressive Expansion Plans
The company plans an “$11 million Opera on the Harbour series for next year, a community choir program, already under way, a plan to record and broadcast five productions a year and a $16m Ring Cycle in Melbourne for 2013. But with the company having posted two successive deficits it is not entirely clear where the funds for expansion will come from.”
Could An Online Booksharing Service Kill Libraries?
“With more people using the internet, an online booksharing scheme might appear to be the perfect solution for people unable to visit their local library. But the idea has caused dismay among some library campaigners.”
Art Gallery Of Ontario Says Attendance Has Dropped 30 Percent
“Despite the attendance decline, however, the AGO, one of North America’s larger art institutions, expects a balanced budget, thanks to savings in programming, and not the $3-million revenue shortfall some had predicted.”
Picasso Museum Defends Renting Out The Art To Make Money
Anne Baldassari revealed the museum raised between €1m and €3.5m a year since 2008 from the touring exhibition “Masterpieces from the Picasso Museum”. It has visited eight cities so far, including Madrid, Helsinki and Tokyo. “We have made [in total] €16m,” she said, adding that the museum levied different charges for loans.
Dish Networks To Acquire Bankrupt Blockbuster
“It has agreed to pay $320 million for virtually all the assets of the troubled home-video chain, making it the winner of a bankruptcy auction that began Monday.”
Two To Get Lifetime Achievement Tonys
Playwright Athol Fugard and Shubert Organization executive Philip J. Smith will receive lifetime achievement honors at this year’s Tony Awards.
‘The Ballerina Project’: Photographing Dancers In The ‘Hood
Dane Shitagi’s project is “a series of photographs showcasing dancers from the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and other major companies in gritty urban environments such as subway platforms, brownstone rooftops and graffiti-covered walls.”