“For those admirers of the actress who feared she would spend her career playing buttoned-up and increasingly remote English women of a certain class the sudden broadening of range” – women coming undone in the French films I’ve Loved You So Long and Leaving – “has been startling.”
Tag: 05.29.11
‘Moral Values’: Nikolaj Hubbe On What Makes Bournonville Great
“His steps have lasted for so many years because they are real craft. There’s no flash, there’s an academy behind them, a tradition that has been handed on, so that one step links with the next. They are about certain moral values.”
Talawa – Britain’s Top Black Theatre Company At 25
“Ask Yvonne Brewster how much the theatre industry has changed in 60 years, and the founder of Britain’s most high-profile black theatre company says: ‘Darling, when I started out, people would rub my skin to see if the colour came off’.”
Leaving Lincoln Center Might Be Ideal For New York City Opera
Justin Davidson: “Freed from the enforced spaciousness of its theater [at Lincoln Center], the company can perform Handel in homey venues, cast young singers who won’t have to shout to fill spaces their voices aren’t ready for, and choose specialty repertoire without needing to sell 2,000 tickets each night.”
Philadelphia Orchestra’s New Strategic Plan Includes Cutbacks, Changes
Plans in the 69-page document released by the orchestra’s board include: a 15% reduction in subscription concerts; expansion of the repertoire to include light classics, Broadway and film music and concert or semi-staged operas; no international touring that isn’t fully funded in advance; an end to white-tie-and-tails concert attire; and a major focus on improving customer service.
Was Nabokov Really The Super-Genius Literary Types Worship Him As?
“Perhaps he’s only a writer’s writer. And a certain kind of (self-regarding?) writer at that. Martin Amis: ‘I bow to no one in my love for this great and greatly inspiring genius.’ Rushdie again: ‘The most important writer ever to cross the boundary between one language and another.’ Others bowing in worship include John Updike, Don DeLillo, Jeffrey Eugenides and Zadie Smith. But these maybe aren’t people you look to for book recommendations.”
The Pieta Hanging Above The Fireplace: Is It A Real Michelangelo?
A painting of the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus, a family heirloom now owned by a Buffalo-area man, has long been known to be a copy of a Michelangelo sketch. Until recently, scholars agreed that the painting was a copy, possibly by a student. But one historian is convinced that the canvas is one of only a few extant Michelangelo paintings on cloth – and he’s beginning to convince some of his colleagues.
How Does Cuba Keep Turning Out Such Spectacular Ballet Dancers?
“What is notable is how easily Cuban dancers, curious for a taste of ballet beyond the classics, find work in North American and European companies. … What is it about Cuban schooling that makes its dancers malleable enough to assimilate into so many companies far from home?”