Eat your heart out, Bronx. Actually, Indonesian choreographer Jecko Siompo believes that all contemporary dance styles have their roots in the traditional dancing of the Stone Age cultures on the island.
Tag: 07.13.11
The West Side Story Choreography Manual
Joey McKneely, dance director for the show’s recent Broadway revival: “West Side Story cannot be done without [Jerone Robbins’s] original choreography: It’s part of the structure … So this manual was created so that anybody who wanted to license West Side Story had a reference tool, with diagrams and choreography written out, in basic layman’s terms.”
Crowdsourcing A Horror Movie
“In director D.J. Caruso’s new film Inside, a woman has been kidnapped, thrown into a prison-like cellar with nothing but a laptop, and the online audience is being challenged to help her escape. It’s a groundbreaking project being touted as the ‘first interactive social horror film experience’.”
Business Is Buoyant At England’s Floating Book Barge
Book Barge founder Sarah Henshaw: “I hoped that by creating a unique retail space, customers would realise how independent bookshops can offer a far more pleasurable shopping experience than they’re likely to find online” or in a chain store. (The Barge is currently on a six-month tour of England’s canals.)
Finally – 9/11 Memorial Nears Completion
The National September 11th Museum and Memorial already has elicited a range of responses — some families support the plans, while others are critical.
A Freedom Riders Museum In The Heart Of Alabama
“[A] half century after the Freedom Riders first arrived in this city, the Montgomery bus depot has been converted, with the help of the Alabama Historical Commission and historians, such as Raymond Arsenault, into the Freedom Rides Museum – a timely monument to a groundbreaking journey.”
Despite Funding Cuts, A Bright New Theatre Rises In Canterbury
“Rising above the jumble of Georgian and medieval roofs of central Canterbury, a new structure is reaching completion. The Marlowe theatre, opening in October, is second only to the cathedral in height and rises almost in defiance of public sector cuts.
L.A. Arts Orgs Hunker Down For ‘Carmageddon’
“Cultural institutions around Los Angeles are bracing themselves for ‘Carmageddon,’ the 405 freeway closure on Saturday and Sunday, with a number of museums, theaters and performance spaces either closing or altering their schedules to accommodate the anticipated impact on traffic.”
Postcards From The Edge – Of Nuclear Sites
“As a medium that ruthlessly commodifies places, rendering exotic sites (or peoples) safe for consumption (the postcard rack itself being a twirling memorial to a place’s loss of authenticity), it’s not surprising that even the deadly blasts coming out of, say, Yucca Flats, Nev., could be aesthetically framed on a postcard.”
Today In Unusual Artistic Media: Human Hair Sculpture And Jewelry
“Although hair is certainly an unconventional artistic medium, it hasn’t exactly been neglected — nor have its uses been limited to the field of jewelry – since the Victorian era. Contemporary artists employ the material for a wide variety of (often startling) projects.”