“Donizetti’s queens, however, were not an obvious direction for Sills to take. They were, among other things, still little known, especially in America. (Even today they are not often seen.)”
Tag: 06.23.16
Self-Care: An ABT Principal On Sleep, Diet, Athleticism, Pain, And Adrenaline
Isabella Boylston: “My relationship to pain is obviously a lot different than most people, as a ballerina. Dancers do have a really high pain tolerance. … We just don’t know when to stop. … The great thing about performing is that all the adrenaline takes the pain away. I never feel pain in a performance. The next day that I’m like, Owww.”
Why Even Skilled People Make Big Mistakes In Chess (Or Anything Else)
“The fact that mistakes have more to do with the problem itself, as opposed to skill or time, raises questions well beyond the domain of chess.”
Turning An Auto-Body Shop Into A Center For Dance And Dancers
Renovations began last week on the Performance Garage, which former Martha Graham dancer Jeanne Ruddy and her husband bought back when it was an actual garage for repairing cars. The plan is to make it a comfortable, affordable performance and rehearsal center for many companies; BalletX already rehearses there.
Backstage Drama Bursts Into Public View At Legendary Berlin Theatre
“On Monday, 180 directors, actors and stage designers associated with the Volksbühne published an open letter in which they expressed ‘deep concerns’ about plans for the future of the legendary avant garde theatre, which is due to be headed by Tate Modern’s outgoing director Chris Dercon from early 2017. ‘This is not a friendly takeover,’ they write.”
NY Post Lets Its Theatre Critic Go
“The steady decrease in professional journalists covering theatre and reviewing Broadway and Off-Broadway productions has been made evident once again, as the New York Post’s first-string theatre critic, Elisabeth Vincentelli, has apparently been let go.”
Teach Your Robot To Be More Human By Settling It In With Unlimited Netflix
“Six hundred hours of video sounds like a lot, but it’s not really that much. By the time we’re 10 years old, we’ve logged nearly 60,000 hours of waking-hours experience.”
Taking Performance Outdoors Makes A Big Difference In Audience
“Outdoor arts achieves what the rest of the arts sector and theatre aspires to but seldom delivers: an audience that is representative of the population as a whole. Not only that, but 97% rated their experience of outdoor arts as either very good or good.”
The Physics Of A Cup Of Coffee [VIDEO]
Coffee drinkers, settle in with a mug for this (French, subtitled) exploration of what, exactly, makes that mug work.
A Dating App For Intellectual Property
“Want a peek at the buzzy new sci-fi novel? Swipe right. Curious if its movie rights have sold? Swipe again. Publishing upstart Inkshares is launching an app, dubbed Properties, to promote its content to Hollywood. It curates selections for each user, offers sample chapters and provides updates on theatrical, TV, audiobook and foreign rights.”