Claudia LaRocco: “The idea seemed magical to me: invite intriguing dance artists to make a written score – whatever those two words might mean to each of them – and gather the results in this section. … Welcome to the Brooklyn Rail‘s first-ever On the Page dance festival.”
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Takashi Murakami Thinks His Work Is Way Too Expensive
“‘I think so, yes, honestly, yes,’ Murakami says. At the same time, his expenses are high: He employs about 200 people, and has costly travel and communications bills.Surprisingly, the artist says he lives in a small apartment. ‘I cannot buy my home yet,’ he says. His salary is ‘a small amount of money’.”
Theater Of Cruelty: Does Depicting The Horrific In Art Help Us Overcome It In Life?
“How should we react to such blatant examples of art whose purpose, or so it would seem, is to force viewers face-to-face with the human capacity for viciousness? … What new thoughts does it make possible to think? What new emotions does it make possible to feel? What new sensations or perceptions does it open in the body?”
At The Freestyle Dancing World Championships
“Barely heard of in the mainstream, freestyle has been left to flourish into its own surreal and awe-inspiring discipline. … Covered in spray tan and makeup, these young dancers are wearing costumes ostentatious enough to make Lady Gaga feel dowdy.”
Roland Petit: A Career In Video Clips
Revisiting the late choreographer’s works, from Le jeune homme et la mort, Carmen and The Little Mermaid to his 1972 Pink Floyd ballet.
George, Earl Of Harewood, 88, Pathbreaking Opera Head (And Cousin To The Queen)
He co-founded both Opera magazine and Opera North and chaired the British Board of Film Classification, but Harewood made his greatest mark as managing director of English National Opera during the “powerhouse” years, when he hired such directors as Nicholas Freeman, Nick Hytner, Jonathan Miller and Harry Kupfer to stage productions.
Anna Deavere Smith On The Future Of The Medical Profession
“What is clear to me is that science is essential to medicine. But just because you’re a great scientist doesn’t make you a healer. Yes, you might be able to fix something, but it doesn’t mean you can heal a person. I think more health professions may evolve that have more to do with healing as doctors have more and more obligations to keep up with science.”
Why Some Of Us Choke Under Pressure (It’s All About RAM)
“Working memory is our mental scratch pad, the cognitive horsepower that allows us to focus on things that are relevant to solving a problem or task, and to ignore less relevant things. In stressful situations, the ability of working memory to direct attention to what’s relevant is compromised.”
Brain Fag Syndrome, Running Amok, And Old Hag Syndrome: Culture-Specific Mental Disorders
“The American Psychiatric Association has conceded that certain mysterious mental afflictions are so common, in some places, that they do in fact warrant inclusion as ‘culture-bound syndromes’ in the official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.”
Deconstructing The Dude: Academics Have At The Big Lebowski
“In anticipation of the 10th annual Lebowski Fest … in Louisville, Ky., we decided to pour ourselves a white Russian and peruse some of the scholarly papers the film has inspired.”