“Wouldn’t it be great, if you were playing a concert and you look out and you see all dogs?” thought Anderson. She hopes to live that dream this weekend at the Sydney Opera House when she performs Music for Dogs, a 20-minute piece pitched at high frequencies audible to canines but not humans.
Tag: 05.29.10
NJ’s American Repertory Ballet Cuts Artistic, Exec Directors
Graham “Lustig, 55, served as artistic director of the New Brunswick-based company for 11 years and had raised the profile of the ballet with new productions and innovative programs. His position — and that of executive director — were eliminated in a cost-cutting move….”
An Orchestra Of Robots Programmed To Improvise
“Watching the Karmetic Machine Orchestra is like getting a peek at the inner workings of a factory through a sheet of glass. It churns. Gears turn. Wired mallets beat drum heads. Some of the musicians sit at laptops looking like workers as they rhythmically press buttons.”
Renee Fleming: Anything But Crossover
In an interview included with the promotional materials, she is blunter, asserting that “this album is not crossover,” that it occupies the “other extreme of the spectrum,” that making the recording was like visiting “a parallel universe.”
State Of Florida Deals Blow To Revival Of Coconut Grove Playhouse
“Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection has turned down a request from the city of Miami that the state take back the deed to long-dormant Coconut Grove Playhouse.”
The Artist Sides Of Dennis Hopper
“What is less known about Hopper was that in addition to being a visual artist, he was an experienced theater artist — at least in the early part of his career.”
Why We Ought Sometimes To Give Masterpieces A Rest
“Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt, but sometimes it leads to exhaustion.”
Do Britain’s Historic Country Houses Have To Be Disneyfied To Survive?
“It’s a sort of retro-kitsch fantasia. If I understand him correctly, we have got to have ripped bodices at Hardwick Hall, discarded cod pieces, and stains on the four-poster like Tracey Emin’s bed. It’s a sort of vulgarity that would bring Walt Disney into discredit. It’s utterly infantile.”
Conductor Claudio Abbado Cancels Scala Comeback Concerts
“The 76-year-old maestro was due to conduct a preview concert for under-30s on June 3, followed by two concerts on June 4 and 6, for which he had requested 90,000 trees to be planted in Milan as payment.” He’s been hospitalized in Berlin.
Banksy Art Removed From Detroit Gallery After Threats
“The mural — painted by renowned British street artist Banksy in the derelict Packard Plant in Detroit and later moved to a nonprofit gallery without the artist’s knowledge — has been taken off view after the gallery received threats that it might be defaced or destroyed.”