“Can tradition-minded classical listeners ever be made to grasp the crippling contradictions inherent in their hostility toward contemporary music? The question hangs in the air, because the future of the art depends on it.”
Tag: 04.11.15
One Way To Get To The Royal Ballet
“Dancers in the new show’s four categories – ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and southern Asian – are hoping for similar acclaim.”
The Forensic Photographer’s Tools And Trade
“Although the ubiquity and increasing simplicity of digital cameras means that fewer forensic photographers are employed by the police, Marsh still views his expertise as crucial and irreplaceable.”
Making Rape Jokes That Are Actually Funny (Well, Maybe)
“The punch lines of [Adrienne Truscott’s] jokes are never the victims themselves. Instead she is aiming at the targets like the onstage antics of Mr. Tosh and the sexual assault accusations leveled against Bill Cosby, as well as politicians like Todd Akin, who made an infamous comment about ‘legitimate rape.'”
The TV Landscape Would Look Very Different In 2015 Without Issa Rae
“Rae’s series featured a cast of fully developed people of color. Links to her web series were passed from young Black woman to young Black woman across social media platforms, like lifelines to a different, better world. She was speaking to an ever-growing circle of women, the series amassing more than 20 million views.”
Why Is So Much Entertainment About The Selling Of Dead Girls And Women?
“A single show with a woman who is the victim of violence for ‘entertainment’ isn’t the problem. However, with show after show employing victimization of women as a plot device it just doesn’t reflect the wide range of actual women’s experience. Instead, it reinforces the narrative of woman as victim in real life. It reinforces that women are to be abused and avenged.”
The Man Who Formalized Jazz Dance As He Recovered From Paralysis
“Starting in the late 1940s, he conceived an approach to the genre that is known for its elegance, liquidity and keen musicality. It emphasizes strength, balance, alignment, bodily freedom and above all the imperative of his oft-repeated mantra, ‘Never stop moving.’ It was an imperative born of grueling necessity.”
Building Europe’s New Capital Of Kitsch
“Walk along the river towards the heart of Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia’s capital, and you’ll quickly find yourself among a host of gleaming, neo-classical buildings, complete with ornate columns and rooftop figures of nymphs. The buildings weren’t there five years ago.”
What Happened To The Original Sculpture Welcoming People To LACMA?
“When ‘Space Sculpture’ first went on display in 1965, it was as conspicuous as it could be, given pride of place smack in the center of LACMA’s entryway. A futuristic fantasy filled with shimmering optimism glistened in the Southern California sunlight. The sculpture was the spindle around which the new museum’s three marble-clad pavilions revolved.”
It’s Now Time For British Actors To Reward Each Other (And Some Americans As Well)
That is, it’s the Olivier Awards: “‘No one can stand in the way of Angela Lansbury winning an Olivier for her West End comeback after over 40 years away, and no one should,’ said theatre critic Mark Shenton in his list of predictions.”