“An organisation that films new dance pieces so they can be downloaded from the internet and watched on mobile phones is launching this summer. Crystal Ballet, which has for its inaugural recording commissioned new works by choreographers Kim Brandstrup and Ernst Meisner, releases its first film on iTunes on July 1.”
Tag: 06.06.13
Are Straight Actors Playing Gay Roles Doing The Equivalent Of Blackface?
Inspired by seeing the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra and The Hangover Part III in the same evening, J. Bryan Lowder considers the question, “Does ‘gayface’ really deserve to be placed in the same awful category as racial impersonation, and if not, what makes it different?”
But Why Is Hollywood Minting Fewer 20-Something Megastars?
“Well, the game has changed. The big movies are all franchises based on cultural properties, less star vehicles than spectacle machines.” This, as it turns out, is not entirely a bad thing, especially for the actors.
Tail Resonance: Hummingbirds Play Their Feathers Like Violin Strings
“When you think of bird songs, you probably think of songs that come from their mouths. But hummingbirds have a whole different kind of music – one that comes from their feathers. As they fly, they spread their tail feathers, and the air passes through them, causing them to flutter. And that flutter, like a violin string, creates sound.”
Can They Make A Respectable Musical Out Of The Bridges Of Madison County?
Well, they got a good movie out of it back in the day. And this venture has a lot of talent behind it: composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown, playwright Marsha Norman, and director Bartlett Sher along with his design team from the Lincoln Center Theater South Pacific.
Why Book Publishers Are Still Wary Of E-Books
“The truth is, book publishers still aren’t sure what to make of digital publishing. BEA 2013 boasted a “Digital Discovery Zone,” but for every business aimed at revolutionizing delivery to consumers, there were two whose purpose boiled down to making the digital landscape less frightening for hidebound publishers.”