The provincial English town of Milton Keynes is known for a long stand of arching trees planted to roughly match the footprint of Norwich Cathedral. Choreographer Rosemary Lee writes about creating Under the Vaulted Sky, a site-specific dance for the spot. (includes video)
Tag: 07.11.14
Iceland Is Almost Obsessively Literary. What’s Up With That?
“For a country that boasts a population of approximately 320,000 people — that’s less than Belize, Brunei, and the Bahamas — Iceland is punching above its weight class.”
Educators Look At Multi-User Video Games As Effective Teaching Systems
“The goal is to change the student’s mindset to a mastery orientation—to promote motivation, engagement, active learning—and to cultivate 21st century skills like collaboration, problem solving, creativity and systems thinking.”
So Science Can’t Trust Peer-Review Journals? Maybe There’s A Better Way…
“Peer-review is based on trust, but as the international scientific community grows, scientists won’t spend their careers in the small, trusted networks of known colleagues that earlier generations of researchers were used to. Journals and reviewers need to step up their efforts to check for misconduct, but inevitably, papers with major problems will get through. Crowd-sourced, post-publication review through social media is an effective, publicly open way for science to stay trustworthy.”
The World’s Strangest Form Of Gymnastics (And It’s More Than 900 Years Old)
Mallakhamb – performed atop a pole, hanging from a rope, or hanging from a pole suspended by a rope – developed in the 11th century in the highlands surrounding what is now Mumbai, where it’s still taught and practiced today.
Publicly Funded Arts Orgs In England Now Earn More Than Half Their Income
“Theatres and arts organisations currently funded as part of Arts Council England’s national portfolio now raise more than half of their income from ticket sales, educational work and catering.”
France Banned Free Shipping, So Amazon Now Charges One Cent
“This past October, French lawmakers decided it was time to show Amazon who’s boss. Frustrated by Amazon’s fast and cheap book-selling model, which poses a threat to France’s healthy ecosystem of indie bookstores, politicians banded together to approve a bill that prohibited Jeff Bezos’ company and other online retailers from shipping discounted books for free.” Far be it from Amazon to break the law …
Diane Paulus Does Not Want You Going To The Theater Because You Think It’s Edifying
“The idea that to be popular is to dumb down [is one that] I completely reject. The audience is smart and witty and wants to be challenged.”
Artists Can’t Get Any Respect – But That Can Change
“Think about how we all instinctively turned to artists to help interpret unthinkable events for us. It was our singers and musicians, our writers and poets that we, all of us everywhere, wanted to hear from. It was our artists that gave voice to our national agony and helped make the incomprehensible tolerable.”
Is The Crossword Puzzle Going Extinct?
“Fewer people than ever before are crosswording. And just because crosswords are slowly losing their crotchety clues doesn’t mean that solver demographics have changed.”