Svetlana Zakharova, one of Russia’s most famous dancers, was to take the role of Tatiana opposite US visitor David Hallberg in several of this month’s performances of the John Cranko ballet. But last week, when she discovered she had not been scheduled to perform on opening night, she stormed out of rehearsal and refused to return to the theater.
Tag: 07.04.13
UK Performing Arts Companies Say Touring Drying Up Because Of Venue Deals
“Producers have said more venues are resorting to a box office split – whereby takings are distributed according to a negotiated amount between the venue and producer – rather than a guaranteed fee where the touring company knows it can cover its costs. Small to mid-scale touring companies are claiming this trend could put them out of business.”
The Need For Speed – Acceleration Is The Idea Powering Today’s World
“Acceleration has also become a universal goal in the modern world. It’s more than just a technological phenomenon, argues German sociologist Hartmut Rosa, a professor at the University of Jena.”
Painting Now? (Whatever!)
“People have been painting since the stone age, and the conscious, written history of painting goes back to ancient Greece. When a painter faces a blank canvas, that weight of tradition is daunting – you are doing the same thing Caravaggio and Rembrandt did. What can you add that is truly new?”
Opponents Sue To Block NY Public Library Plan
“The suit, filed by the nonprofit group Advocates for Justice on behalf of five preservationists and scholars who include the historian David Levering Lewis, accuses the library of violating its charter and the state’s Constitution by dismantling seven floors of stacks and removing books from the site.”
Broadway’s Complicated Calculus For Success
“As Broadway’s current crop of plays now achieve profitability (or fail to), the lineup of recent hits vs. misses serves as a stark reminder that star casting isn’t the only variable in the math of a nonmusical success.”
Study: Reading, Intellectual Engagement, Slow Effects Of Aging On The Brain
“The study suggests that while a mentally active lifestyle may not prevent formation of the plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease, it makes it less likely their presence will impair one’s mental functioning.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov Back On Stage
The Old Woman, part of the Manchester International Festival, is the “most difficult and the most challenging” role of his career, the 65-year-old says.
Five Reasons To Support Local Bookshops?
“Without them, your reading matter will get blander and blander, and if you write a wildly experimental novel, the chances are you will be publishing it yourself. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but that’s a different subject altogether.”
Music Schools Focus On Business
“There’s a realisation that most of our music schools and conservatories do a first-rate job of training young musicians in the artistic and theoretical aspects of music, but we have a long way to go [in] jumping the gap into the real world of music economics,”