“Their parents thought they were studying. But thousands of British Asians spent the ’80s and ’90s dancing – before heading home for tea.”
Tag: 04.10.12
Political Differences Begin In The Brain (So There’s Probably No Bridging Them)
One example: “Tough-on-crime, pro-military conservatives have a more pronounced startle reflex after hearing a sudden loud noise. They also show stronger skin responses when shown threatening images and look at them more rapidly and for longer.” Says one leading researcher, “One of the things we’re trying to get people to realise is that those who disagree with them politically really do experience the world in a different fashion.”
Struggling South Florida Theatre Dips Into Emergency Fund To Pay Actors
A mounting debt and economic downturn forced the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, Florida to postpone the world premiere of their production, “Our Lady of Allapattah.” The company also had to pay the actors in their most recent production, “Working,” out of the Actors Equity Association Bond.
Experimental Author Christine Brooke-Rose, 89
“The author of more than a dozen novels, as well as short stories, essays and criticism, Ms. Brooke-Rose was one of relatively few Britons to maintain a long association with experimental fiction. Her stylistic techniques – playful, polyglot, punning, postmodern and slyly self-referential – are more typically associated with writers of the French Nouveau Roman school.”
CBC Cuts Shows And Jobs As Budget Cuts Bite
“The one-hour TV news program Connect with Mark Kelley, the radio show Dispatches and drama programming on Radio One will be eliminated as part of cost-cutting measures to CBC English Services to cope with planned budget cuts.”
Protesters Block Montreal Streets Over National Film Board Cuts
“About 200 people staged a sit-in outside the National Film Board’s CineRobothèque in downtown Montreal Tuesday, blocking traffic at the intersection of de Maisonneuve Boulevard and Saint-Denis Street over the noon hour. The protesters are upset about the looming closure of the film theatre and screening centre.”
Johannesburg’s Two Professional Dance Companies Merge
“The South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) – formed in 2001 by dancers after the closure of the State Theatre Ballet – and Mzansi Productions, a classically based contemporary dance company … founded in 2008,” are combining resources (not least, public funding) to create a classically-based troupe that can work in contemporary and African genres as well.
Why Whit Stillman Loves Dancing
“[T]hroughout his 22-year, four-film cinematic career, Stillman has repeatedly turned to dancing for its potential as a narrative allegory, as a plot device, and as a remnant of the old social order he seems to long for. And also, yes, to underscore his characters’ lovable eccentricities.”
Now Even Israelis Are Criticizing Habima’s Plan To Perform At Shakespeare’s Globe
“Ilan Ronen, Habima’s artistic director, speaking in Tel Aviv said: ‘In Israel they are saying, we shouldn’t take this play [The Merchant of Venice] and perform it at all, they think of it as an anti-semitic play. We are under pressure from both sides. I don’t see the play as anti-semitic, it deals with racism, and xenophobia.”
Audience Member’s Lawsuit Against Bolshoi Opera Thrown Out
“A woman unhappy with Bolshoi’s controversial staging of [Glinka’s] Ruslan and Lyudmila opera was denied 1 million ruble compensation bid by Moscow’s Tverskoi court on Monday.” The plaintiff had sued over “the moral agony experienced when watching the performance.”