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Tag: 06.27.13
Our Taste – All In Our Heads?
“As far as “wine economists” are concerned, the level of correlation between the price of a bottle of wine and its quality is low or nonexistent. In a number of damning studies, they suggest that wine is not just poorly priced, but that the different tastes we describe in wine may all be in our heads.”
Milorad Miskovitch, 85, Luminary In Mid-Century French Ballet
“With matinee-idol looks and solid classical training, Mr. Miskovitch was highly visible amid the creative effervescence that marked French choreography shortly after World War II. Young and unknown choreographers like Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart and Janine Charrat all took advantage of his magnetic presence in their early works.”
Want To Be Employable? Study Philosophy
We’ve seen the argument before, but it’s worth revisiting (not least for the benefit of hiring managers).
Soft Power = Culture Power
“Governments are waking up to soft power, and want to direct it more effectively.”
Biking Into Art
“The European avant-garde was fascinated with the bike, seeing it variously as a symbol of man’s desire to break all physical, moral and aesthetic constraints.”
What Losing Arts Coverage In The Oregonian Will Mean To The State
“We squeezed our stories into small spaces, limited their scope, assumed we were much more important than we really were and had far more readers than we did, didn’t experiment enough with the style, form, tone and intellectual depth of our stories. And when the Internet Revolution hit, we had no idea how to make ourselves relevant because we’d never worried about that in the past–and we should have.”
Report: It’s Bleak For Performing Arts Graduates Looking For Work
“So, what are the job prospects of some the world’s most gifted and motivated young college grads?”
The Power Of Turkish Telenovelas
Turkey’s wildly popular prime-time soap operas are now seen in well over 40 countries, most of them in the Muslim world. The shows’ success is giving Turkey a whole new level of cultural influence – and bringing new images and ideas of male-female relations to Arab societies.
New ‘Cover Versions’ Of Shakespeare
“Following the current trend for modern retellings of classic stories … a ‘major’ new project reimagining Shakespeare’s canon for a 21st-century audience” debuts in 2016 with Jeannette Winterson’s take on The Winter’s Tale and Anne Tyler’s version of The Taming of the Shrew.