“She’d had an epiphany of sorts while meditating that morning. It was time to apologize for what she put him through on that fateful day. She explained that her uncharacteristically harsh evisceration of him was coming, unfairly, from her own ego and sense of having been personally betrayed–a redemptive moment fitting, you might say, of The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Tag: 05.11.09
Royal Ballet Set To Visit Cuba For First Time
“The Royal Ballet is to make its first visit to Cuba as part of its 2009 summer tour, which will see the company travel through Washington, Granada and Havana. … Cuban RB principal guest artist Carlos Acosta will lead the company for the first performance of [Kenneth MacMillan’s] Manon with Tamara Rojo” at the Gran Teatro de la Habana.
Troubled Honolulu Symphony Has A Plan, But Needs Cash
“It’s been a season of rave reviews for the 109-year-old orchestra, a testament to an organization whose members have continued to play despite partial payments and missing paychecks for much of the season … [The HSO] has a plan for getting out of those [financial] straits, but as the plan is being implemented, it needs a serious influx of cash to cover its expenses.”
How To Sing At The Bottom Of A Swimming Pool
Soprano Julianna Snapper, co-creator of the underwater “operella” You Who Will Emerge from the Flood: “It’s not that different from singing operatically on land. It uses the same basic process … with a little bit more care because at the end of the phrase you don’t want to pull any water in.”
For Next Season, Ballet San Jose Bucks The Downsizing Trend
The company “plans to increase the number of main-stage programs from five to six and to extend the runs of several productions, including the company’s popular version of The Nutcracker. … In addition, the entire season will be produced with live music by Symphony Silicon Valley. In the past, some productions have been done to recorded music to contain costs.”
Is Digital TV The Savior Of Arts Programming?
“Not only do digital channels have many more hours to give over to such programmes, they also, arguably, can afford to be more niche and more highbrow in their choices than channels that depend upon mass appeal.” What’s more, “Arts organisations are becoming producers, he says, eager to open up access, and become production partners on shows available as video online, as well as on television.”
Chapman University Receives $25M Challenge Grant For PAC
“With the donation, [the Orange County, California university] will be able to move forward with plans to build a performing arts center to showcase its growing College of Performing Arts, which has more than 700 students. Currently, students studying music, theater and dance perform in an 88-year-old auditorium that was originally built for Orange High School.”
Why Is Choreography So Male-Dominated?
“The contemporary dance world has been accused of ‘fawning over’ athletic, powerful images of masculinity as projected by artists such as Wayne McGregor and Hofesh Shechter, at the expense of promoting female choreographers.” Whose fault is this? Let the finger-pointing begin.
With Bond Sales, Carnegie Hall Studios Project Goes Ahead
“Carnegie Hall, the 118-year-old concert hall in New York City, plans to sell $100 million of bonds later this year to fund renovations of its studio towers and backstage areas, according to Standard & Poor’s.”
Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greece’s Master Of Shadow Puppetry
“He was well-known throughout Greece for his puppet theater stories revolving around the hunchbacked character Karagiozi, who came to represent the virtues and vices of the average Greek. Cunning and rebellious, Karagiozi was often shown as a liar and petty thief who wormed his way out of difficult situations.”