“The four daredevils … used a wind tunnel to simulate free-fall at the facility in the Czech Republic. Demonstrating impressive physical control and timing the quartet proceed through a complicated routine that sees them spin, swoop and flip around the wind tunnel.”
Tag: 06.15.11
Why The Media, And Its Consumers, Are (Legitimately) Fascinated By Anthony Weiner’s Downfall
“[The] private sexual activities of public figures ‘down to the intimate details’ do not need ‘other relevance’ to be inherently relevant. The private sex lives of public figures are inherently relevant because it is fascinating to observe human beings acting strangely, or acting as we’ve always suspected that they are acting, or doing things counter to their own interests, or messing up, or ruining themselves. Consult Shakespeare or Dostoyevsky for more.”
John Waters On Bad Taste
“Taste is style, and to know bad taste of course you have to have been taught the rules of the tyranny of good taste … I thank my mother every day for teaching me proper table manners – which fork to use, all that stuff – even though it led to a career that humiliated and embarrassed her.”
Explaining Saburo Teshigawara And Karas, Step By Step
“His company’s name means ‘crow’, but Saburo Teshigawara is more of a magpie – bringing together different elements of movement, text, design and lighting into performances of symbols and senses. … Think of Teshigawara’s pieces not as theatrical events but as sensorial experiences, more poetic than dramatic, interested in symbol rather than story, with nebulous meanings but vivid sensory effects.”
Music For Former Airports
Composer Lisa Bielawa on her Tempelhof Broadcast: “I wanted to see hundreds of community musicians, from all over Berlin, come together and make music together on the runways and taxiways. It seemed impossible to achieve, but then again, everything always seems impossible when it first occurs to me.”
A Preview Visit To Montreal’s New Concert Hall
“The province opened the doors of Montreal’s long-awaited concert hall on Tuesday and the sound was horrendous. Buzz saws, sanders and the incessant hammering of hard-hat workers created a din above which chief architect Jack Diamond could scarcely be heard.”
Joffrey Ballet Relieved Its Director Is Staying On
Why is this news? It turns out that Ashley Wheater was a finalist for the top post at the Royal Ballet in London. “But I did not seek the job … about two weeks ago they asked me to officially apply for the job, which I did,” he said. “The truth is, I feel like I have only just begun my work with the Joffrey.”
There Would Be No War Horse Without Government Funding, Says Director
National Theatre executive director Nick Starr: “That War Horse couldn’t be done without subsidy is an obvious point, but it also couldn’t be done without subsidy being applied at the earliest stage, when no one could imagine what might come of it. … It could not have been created in the US.”
How Do You Make A Good Jukebox Musical About A Godawful Band?
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World “draws not only from one of the most obscure recording acts of the 20th century, but also one of its most unlistenable.”
A Computer That Chooses Music For Your Movie
“Picture Categorisation for Suggesting Soundtracks, or PICASSO, has learned what makes a good soundtrack by analysing existing films to find the properties that link the music with on-screen action. “