Inspired by Alan Cumming’s solo performance of the Scottish play, Ron Rosenbaum considers where the three intersect.
Tag: 04.26.13
How Can We Improve Online Security Without Going All Draconian And Stupid?
“The conflict is often illusory: A cybersecurity law could easily be drafted that would accomplish all the goals of both tech companies and privacy groups without raising any serious civil liberties problems.”
Development Of London’s Southbank Threatens UNESCO Status
“Westminster council is not opposed to the regeneration at Waterloo ‘provided that it is designed with sensitivity. But there is an obsession with building tall buildings, without proper regard to the impacts of such buildings on our heritage.'”
What Can Westerners Learn About ‘The Interdependent Self’ From Gish Jen’s New Book?
“She points to the excesses of Western individualism — ‘It has promoted decontextualization and isolation; it has promoted narcissism. It has promoted arrogance. … ‘ — as she strives to vindicate the emotional wholeness and belonging available only within the framework of Eastern interdependence.”
Composing With Choreographers (And Thinking About The Dancers)
“Soon the faculty choreographer was gesticulating wildly just offstage attempting to speed up the tempo. I had no idea what the dancers were doing behind me and was clueless to the concept that a deviation in tempo would have massive ramifications for their performance.”
The Fight To Preserve Ancient Jewish Sites – In Egypt
“The historical remnants of Egypt’s Jewish history–around two dozen synagogues and a handful of cemeteries and Jewish schools around the country–range from being in well-preserved and reasonable condition to ‘disastrous.'”
When Dancers Say Goodbye To Dance
“I had shoulder surgery a couple of years ago, then popped a bicep tendon in the other arm. … I feel like my body is breaking down a bit. I want to leave when I’m still able to move and not struggling. Dancing full-time is great, but it takes a toll.”
A Persistent Quest To Retrieve A Family’s Nazi-Looted Art
“The Rosenberg cache represents just a tiny part of what some experts say are roughly 100,000 pieces — worth perhaps $10 billion — still missing from Nazi plundering, but few victims have been as unyielding, or as successful, as this family in reconstituting their cultural legacy.”
Museums, In Demolishing Great Architecture, Turn Their Backs On Cities
“The art of city-building allows for the creative human spirit. If it doesn’t, architecture flatlines, streetscapes become samescapes, and anybody interested in wonky variations in scale and urban texture hightails it to Sao Paulo or Istanbul – cities of wild design difference – instead.”
The Tony Awards Committee Rules Against Four Young Matildas
“The decision, the most newsworthy result of a busy committee meeting, sets aside a controversial precedent from 2009 when the three teenage boys sharing the lead role in ‘Billy Elliot’ were deemed eligible for a joint best actor nomination — and went on to win that June.”