Speaking to journalists Monday, Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin denied reports that the show had been scrapped because of its frank portrayal of Nureyev’s gay relationships. The dancer was diagnosed with HIV in 1984 and died in 1993.
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How The Million-Dollar Netflix Prize Changed How We Get Our Movies
The forums, which are still viewable using thanks to internet archives, were a hotbed of problem-solving, discussion, and joyful discovery. Imagine a digital summer camp for researchers. “It was so much fun. The contest was structured so well. We had to learn so much to be competitive and I met so many people along the way.” As stressful as it could get, especially as the improvements to the algorithm slowed down and the years rolled along, the teams were buoyed by a sense of community.
We Keep “Finding” Lost Ruins. But They Usually Weren’t Lost At All
By ‘finding’ a lost city from the air, archaeologists fail to understand the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience that communities have of their place and their past. The illusory ‘finding’ seems important. The ‘finding out’, the delayed gratification, is replaced by the immediacy of the ‘discovery’.
Meet The New Head Of US Artists: Who Is Art For And What Can It Do?
“What does it mean to raise money for individual artists at a time when our largest governing body says that thing has no value whatsoever? For me, the main goal is to make the organization sustainable. I want to know that if the NEA is cut today, tomorrow, 10 years from now, 15 years from now, that United States Artists can still be here, still doing the same work.”
One Literary Manager Says There Are Plenty Of (White) Women Writing Plays, But Where Are The Playwrights Of Color?
The literary manager of London’s Royal Court Theatre: “Diversity [in terms of] men and women has improved so drastically during my time working in theatre it is almost laughable.” But he’d also like to see more BAME – Black, Asian, and minority ethnic – playwrights being produced in his theatre and elsewhere.