The company, which needs to raise $750,000 by the end of this month to avoid the risk of closure, has put together a major benefit, with top dancers from the likes of New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet, in record time – and with virtually zero in out-of-pocket costs. “Jon Ulsh (OBT’s executive director) woke up one morning with the idea… and the next morning we were lining up companies.”
Tag: 06.06.09
100-Year-Old Artist Unveils 60-Meter Mural
“Swiss artist Hans Erni at age 100 unveiled one of his largest works Saturday – a massive mural on the outside wall of a U.N. building in Geneva. The irrepressible Erni … had to cover up some of the muscular nudes in his mural after concerns were expressed in Geneva that his original design might shock some viewers.”
The Fickle “Reality”: Paul Potts – Forgotten In UK, But A Huge Star In Germany
“Britain has sort of forgotten about Paul Potts. It was only two years ago that the former mobile phone salesman moved thousands of viewers… to tears during his first audition when he shuffled on stage wearing a £35 suit from Tesco and blasted out a spine-tingling version of Nessun Dorma.” But in Germany he’s a big star…
Read The Play – It’s Fun (But Getting More Difficult To Do)
“If you didn’t live near New York, or couldn’t afford tickets, you picked up the print editions if you wanted to be part of the conversation. Those days, sadly, are pretty much gone. Readers’ eyeballs have fled elsewhere. New plays are hard to find in bookstores. They are issued, if at all, mostly by university presses and boutique publishers.”
True? Theatre Audience Members’ Manners Getting Worse
“Theatergoers have long been accustomed to a measure of bad behavior: people who think their whispers are inaudible; snackers who open deafening cellophane candy wrappers; latecomers who knee-bump entire rows of settled attendees. But some theater veterans say manners are breaking down faster than ever.”
Venice Biennale Awards Golden Lion To US’s Nauman
“The 53rd Venice Biennial just handed out its gold medal in contemporary art, called the Golden Lion, to the U.S. pavilion’s sweeping survey of conceptual art by Bruce Nauman.”
The Louvre Is Healthy. But…
“Times are getting tough for the largest art museum in the world. While the astonishing news is that the Louvre is coping, the not-so-good news is that it is in danger of running into trouble by 2010.”
Canadian Crowd Fails To Break Mass Guitar Record
The crowd had gathered for the Luminato Festival’s Great Canadian Tune event, an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest guitar ensemble by bringing nearly 2,000 people together at Yonge-Dundas Square to play Neil Young’s “Helpless.”