“Contrary to what many people believe, recent research shows that moderate pornography consumption does not make users more aggressive, promote sexism or harm relationships. If anything, some researchers suggest, exposure to pornography might make some people less likely to commit sexual crimes.”
Tag: 07.22.11
Why Jorma Elo Is A Choreographer
“I’m in this business because I can’t build houses. This is my way of making something, and I’ve fallen in love with the process of doing it with other people.”
Transfers To West End From UK Regional Theatre Have ‘Dried Up’, Says Alan Ayckbourn
“They used to look for their sources from Scarborough and from Willy Russell in Liverpool and so on and so on, and West End producers would zoom up the motorway and have a look at a new play in Sheffield or Leeds or Manchester or wherever. … But, normally speaking, that ready source of plays [in the regions] has dried up.”
Have We Maxed Out How Old We Can Be?
What happened to modern medicine giving us longer lives? Why aren’t we getting any older?
A Policy That Will Wreck Australian Orchestras?
”The conclusion they reach is for a continuing program of cutting musicians’ wages and increasing job insecurity by putting musicians on part-time contracts,” Manley says. ”This is Work Choices for orchestras. The outcome of these so-called reforms will be falling artistic standards for opera and ballet performances in Melbourne and Sydney.”
New Insta-EBooks Make Books Out Of… Anything
“Newspapers and other media companies have been publishing quickie books to take advantage of news stories for some time now — but the ease with which content can be turned into a Kindle single via Amazon’s platform means a book can be produced within hours instead of days or months.”
World’s Most Influential Choreographers
“Garry Stewart, artistic director of Adelaide-based Australian Dance Theatre, has been named one of the world’s most influential choreographers in a scholarly study of international dance.”
Bigger Brain? More Exercise!
“These days, many scientists believe that it’s the underlying organization of the brain that matters most when it comes to smarts. But according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, bigger noggins may have trickled through evolution’s passageway not because of reason and intellect, but due to exercise.”
Charles Dutoit Working To Start New Korean Orchestra
‘The Swiss maestro, now 75, held talks in North Korea late last month and says cultural officials there support the idea. South Korea says it’s willing to review the plan. Dutoit hopes to hold an inaugural concert on Aug. 15, the anniversary of a then-unified Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.’
Gardner Museum To Close In Preparation For New Wing
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will close for nine weeks, starting Nov. 15, as the museum readies its new wing for a January opening.