“In a strategically promising trans-Atlantic co-production deal, National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain, who portrayed the aged Alice Liddell in [Glen] Tetley’s [1986 Alice], has invested – cost undeclared – in [the] spectacular new British production” that played at the Royal Ballet last month.
Tag: 04.20.11
Washington Post Appoints New Art Critic
“Philip Kennicott, currently the paper’s culture critic, will fill the post vacated by Blake Gopnik in December. Kennicott will continue to write on architecture, one of the many topics he covered as culture critic; he’s been regularly reviewing museum exhibits since Gopnik’s departure.”
London Revival Of Moby Dick Cancelled A Week Before Previews
“The show, which was due to preview at the Landor Theatre from next Wednesday, has been cancelled by producers Thomas Hopkins and Danielle Tarento” after they ran out of money.
Orlando Ballet’s CEO Resigns
“Juan Escalante, executive director at Orlando Ballet, has resigned after leading the ballet for nearly two years.” He gave no explanation for his departure other than “pursuing new career opportunities.”
What Does The Philadelphia Orchestra Bankruptcy Mean For Orchestras?
“In the business world, you wouldn’t condemn the whole field because a few businesses folded. But you would laugh at a field that clung to traditional business models even when they were proving not to work very well in a changing economic climate.”
Louvre Denies Iranian Claim It Breached Commitments
“Claims made by an Iranian government official that the Louvre pledged to help organise a major exhibition of Persian artefacts in Tehran are strongly denied by the Paris museum, which says that an agreement was never finalised.”
Sebastian Smee On Winning The Arts Criticism Pulitzer
“If newspapers are going to survive, it’s going to be through setting themselves apart by the quality of what they print. The arts are about excellence, and writing about the arts can be about excellence, too. Hopefully newspapers can realize that’s going to be important to them.”
What’s In The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Bankruptcy Petition
The court documents provide details of just how much the orchestra currently owes to whom and which contractual obligations orchestra management seeks to change.
Wim Wenders On Filming Pina Bausch In 3D
“She knew that there was an invisible wall between the stage and the screen. Yet she trusted that I would find a way to overcome that. … And looking at all her filmed stuff and other dance movies, I realised I couldn’t do better.” Then, after seeing a U2 concert film in 3D, “I visited her, and told her about 3D and I said that that this was what we’d been missing. That was the invisible wall.”
The Piss Christ Attack And The Rising Right-Wing Catholic Movement In France
According to Le Monde, “the attack is related to protests against the exhibit that were mobilized over the weekend by a Catholic institute called Civitas,” whose stated goal is a “political and social reconquest seeking to re-Christianize France.”