“The company’s second artistic director, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, abruptly departed the dance company several weeks ago and returned to Spain – a development that raised red flags in the eyes of many observers.
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Florence’s Opera House To Shut Down Ballet Company
“Addio to Mag gi oDanza, the bal let com pany formed in 1967 under the aus pices of Florence’s Mag gio Musicale Fiorentino. A financial crisis has res ul ted in the decision to axe the bal let com pany … [which] had already been stream lined to 16 ele ments over the last few years, and after Vladi mir Derevi anko left the dir ec tion of the com pany in 2010 it has been on shaky ground.”
Aging English Ex-Ballerina Grouses About Royal Ballet ‘Infiltrated’ By Foreigners
Bryony Brind, 52 and a principal dancer at Covent Garden for 14 years: “The Royal Ballet was founded in this country and has been going for years and should have a few more English dancers in order to carry on its tradition. It is more difficult for foreign dancers to grasp the quintessentially British style.”
Top Cultural Official In Dublin Suspended Pending Scandal Investigation
“Dermot McLaughlin, chief executive of Temple Bar Cultural Trust,” which funds arts and culture organizations in the Irish capital’s cultural district, “has been suspended on full pay pending an investigation by its board of his role in offering three senior staff members redundancy packages last week, each worth €100,000 or more.”
Why Danny Boyle Made Trainspotting
“We wanted to make a pleasurable film out of unwatchable subject matter.”
Seattle Symphony Musicians Ratify New Contract
“After 15 months of negotiations, the Seattle Symphony players organization and the SSO board of directors have approved a new contract, through August 2015.” The terms include a “temporary” reduction in the orchestra’s size, salary concessions and a less expensive health insurance plan.
Eddie Izzard Wants To Be Mayor Of London
“The 51-year-old [comedian] is seeking the Labour nomination for Mayor of London in 2019 and if he does not get the endorsement he hopes to stand as an MP.”
Barnes & Noble’s Discounted Nook Sells Out In UK
“After dropping the price of their Nook Simple Touch (I’m pretty sure it’s called the Nouk Simple Touch across the pond) from £79 to £29, Barnes & Noble has seen ‘unprecedented demand’ for the ereader and, as a result, they’re sold out in ‘almost all retail locations.'”
Putting The Kite Runner Onstage
Khaled Hosseini’s novel and its film adaptation have become emblems of present-day Afghanistan. “Now it has been adapted for stage – and the cast and crew are, unsurprisingly, feeling the weight of expectation.”
Unburied: Tamerlan Tsarnaev And The Lessons Of Greek Tragedy
“‘Bury this terrorist on U.S. soil and we will unbury him.’ So ran the bitter slogan on one of the signs borne last week by enraged protesters” at the funeral home keeping the body of the Boston Marathon bomber – “a cadaver seemingly so morally polluted that his own widow would not claim it, that no funeral director would touch it, that no cemetery would bury it.” Sophocles, of course, wrote about a similar situation.