“A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight entertainers plummeting to the ground. Nine were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below.”
Tag: 05.04.14
An Iowa Symphony Orchestra Is Thriving. Here’s How
“Orchestra Iowa has grown to be the state’s largest not-for-profit performing organization in terms of budget and performance schedule. That budget has doubled from a low of $1.6 million right after the flood, and 150 concerts are staged per year in the Corridor, in all Cedar Rapids and Iowa City schools and in venues in such cities as Fairfield, Davenport, Mason City, Ottumwa and Coralville.”
Is The Infomercial Dead? (Please, Please Say Yes)
“The golden age began in 1984 when President Reagan deregulated the television industry, allowing broadcasters to sell larger chunks of time to advertisers. That year also saw a significant cable television growth spurt, exploding the number of channels needing content. In 1984–1995, marketers rediscovered the ‘the power of the half-hour,’ and fortunes were made.”
What Happens When An Architecture Critic Reviews Dance
“For all the performers’ prowess, what sometimes seems to be missing is the urban context itself. For a dance form that is so closely tied to the street, like its siblings of skateboarding and free-running, it can be strange to see it severed from the city.”
New York Is Eating Into Hollywood (Again)
“New York had a record number of film and TV projects last year and is on track to do the same in 2014, state officials say. Credit goes to generous financial incentives, experienced crews that rival Hollywood’s best and friendly (some might say star-struck) politicians.”
Jane Jacobs Vs. Robert Moses: The Opera (Wait, THE OPERA?)
“A group of New York artists is working on an opera telling the story of Jacobs’s fight against Moses’s utopian schemes to raze Manhattan neighbourhoods. The battles turned Jacobs, a freelance journalist married to an architect, into an activist and formed her thinking about urban issues articulated in her 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities.”
As The Met And Singers Kick Off Negotiations, The Singers Invite The Public In
“Alan Gordon, who represents singers, dancers and stage managers, said he is pushing for more transparency as the Met for the first time in decades seeks to cut labor costs. The Met is seeking to cut pay for members of the three biggest unions by more than 16%.”
Now You Can Fit All Of Your Memories – And We Do Mean *All* – On A Cassette Tape
“The crystals, measuring just 7.7 nanometers on average, pack together more densely than any other previous method. The result: three Blu-Rays’ worth of data can fit on one square inch of Sony’s new wonder-tape.”