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Tag: 06.10.15
Dancing ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ (Choreographer Wayne McGregor Is Not Afraid Of Virginia Woolf)
“His new ballet, Woolf Works, which is derived from, or based on – the verbs being precisely the problem – three novels by Virginia Woolf, recently premiered at Covent Garden in London. It is a brilliant, uneven, tender piece – and it offers one way of thinking about [a] constant conundrum for the art of ballet:” that, as George Balanchine put it, “We can’t dance synonyms.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.10.15
Cooking, peaches and tasting the arts
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-06-10
“Community”
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-06-09
The Prison Memoir That Caught Algren’s Attention
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2015-06-10
A Tech Hiatus
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-06-10
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Study: Admittance To UK Performing Arts Conservatories Favors The Rich
Young people aged 18 from the most advantaged fifth of the UK were 6.2 times more likely to be accepted through UCAS Conservatoires by the time they reach 19 than those from the most disadvantaged areas.
A Poet Laureate Whose Work Is Meant To Be Said Out Loud
Dwight Garner: “[Juan Felipe Herrera’s appointment] makes you wish the job still entailed writing ceremonial verse, commissioned in bygone days for events like the openings of bridges or the deaths of fine old soldiers. Mr. Herrera is a poet you’d like to hear declaim from the National Mall.”
Hermann Zapf, 96, Designer Whose Fonts You See Everywhere
“In the world of type design – an exacting, arcane craft that is underappreciated for its impact on how people communicate and receive communication – Mr. Zapf was a giant.” Among the more than 200 typefaces he created (in several alphabets) are Palatino, Optima, Melior, and the befuddling, beloved Dingbats.