James Whiteside, who’s also a pop singer, creates the podcast The Stage Rightside. It’s “one of the most unabashed glimpses behind the curtain of a major American ballet company. During the American Ballet Theatre’s spring performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Whiteside took listeners backstage as he dove into the ballet season, training an equal spotlight on dancers and those who do not necessarily perform, but are in the dance company.”
Tag: 06.08.18
Picasso And War Photographer David Douglas Duncan Has Died At 102
Duncan, who had lived near Cannes since the 1960s, “became close to Picasso, gaining rare access and capturing the Spanish artist in relaxed and playful poses at his home and studio, with one of the most emblematic showing him eating a fish clean off the bone in his kitchen.”
Perhaps You Don’t Like SpongeBob Square Pants And Wonder If The Broadway Musical Genre Is Doomed
What a ridiculous idea. “These hoary hand-wringings are a cumulative canard bigger than the worldwide branding of Donald Duck (you knew I’d get to Disney eventually). They betray a lack of perspective for Broadway history and, most disconcerting to me, a bias against children and their predilections.”
The New Conductor Of New York’s Concerts In The Parks Is A Rising Star
“A conductor’s first reaction to being offered an outdoor summer concert with an orchestra is often, well, no. The repertory is usually boring; the weather tends to be sweltering; no one in the audience pays attention, anyway. There are more prestigious gigs. Unless!”
Art Really Is A ‘Financial Product’ Now, And That’s Because Of Blockchain
What? Er, yes. It’s all about technology. “Auctions have become a public forum for private transactions.”
Sir Elton John Says It’s Time To Boycott Facebook, Twitter, And More If They Don’t Act On Homophobic Bullies
“I don’t know why they allow it,” he says. “The things that are on social media are so disgusting that there has to be action taken by the people that own these companies.”
The Dance Floor: Not Just For Exercise, Also For Refuge
Chicago artist Nick Cave has made it official now, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York: He wants to use massive art/dance projects to inspire and encourage those feeling pretty down these days. “‘Empowerment’ is the word that performers have been using to describe their take on the project, and what they want to convey to the audience, [a dancer said]. In an onslaught of negativity, ‘you have two choices,’ he said. You can be discouraged and tormented, ‘or have the audacity to say, ‘I’m not going to let this break me.’'”
Debuting As Juliet Just After You Turn 40
Stella Abrera has played a townswoman, a harlot, Rosaline, and Lady Capulet in American Ballet Theatre’s productions of Romeo and Juliet. Now, she is finally getting to play the titular role. Her Romeo says, “She has an ability to show that arc that I have rarely seen.”
What’s A Danish-Icelandic Artist Doing, Designing The Headquarters For The Lego Owners?
Well, it’s Olafur Eliasson, of course – and, also of course, he describes the new Fjordenhus like this: “We were able to turn years of experiments in physical movement, light, nature, perception and the experience of space into a building that is a Gesamtkunstwerk [a total work of art] as well as a fully functioning architectural structure.”
After A Lot Of Complaints And A Long-Term Leave, Pixar Founder John Lasseter Will Leave Disney
“Mr. Lasseter said in November that he would take a ‘six-month sabbatical’ after unspecified ‘missteps’ that made some staff members feel ‘disrespected or uncomfortable.’ He made the announcement in a lengthy email to employees apologizing ‘to anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an unwanted hug or any other gesture they felt crossed the line in any way, shape or form.'”