“While the iconic precision dance troupe has of course always had artistic leaders for each of its shows, its parent organization, Madison Square Garden Company, is now looking to hire someone to oversee the artistic vision of all of the Rockettes’ year-round programming. That includes workshops, outreach activities and, intriguingly, new productions.” – Dance Magazine
Tag: 07.25.19
Woodstock 50 Is Saved! (But It Won’t Be Anywhere Near Woodstock)
“The troubled anniversary festival … will now be at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater in Columbia, Md., the producers confirmed on Thursday. It will be held from Aug. 16 to 18, almost exactly 50 years after the first Woodstock. But it was unclear what artists would be performing.” – The New York Times
$200K Egon Schiele Drawing Discovered In New York City Thrift Store
The drawing Reclining Nude Girl (1918) was found by a part-time art handler at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the Queens neighborhood of Woodside and authenticated by Jane Kallir, who wrote Schiele’s catalogue raisonné. – The Art Newspaper
London Philharmonic Names Edward Gardner Its Next Principal Conductor
“At 44, he’s also making a triumphant return to London after the rollercoaster ride of being music director of English National Opera from 2007 to 2015 — one of the most troubled periods of that company’s turbulent history.” Gardner succeeds Vladimir Jurowski in the fall of 2021. – The Times (UK)
The Subversive Genius That Was Mad Magazine
Sixty-seven years is a good run for anything, but, when Mad confirmed that it was joining National Lampoon and Life and Spy in the magazine graveyard, and the Elysian Fields of online archives, the pang that many felt, as if leaving a childhood bedroom for the last time, was that its departure was nonetheless abrupt and premature. – The New Yorker
Neuroscience: Making Music Together Puts Us In Sync With One Another
“The way we interact with music is very much in line with developing empathy, and how we put ourselves in the shoes of the musician. Our brains mirror what we’re seeing. So when we’re in sync, many of the rhythms of our brains and bodies entrain—heart and respiration rates, certain brain wave patterns. When you’re moved by music, we see levels of the attachment-hormone oxytocin increase. – Nautilus
Groups Sue To Stop Demolition Of LA’s Iconic Amoeba Music Building
Weeks after Los Angeles officials gave the green light for a new development on the Hollywood site now occupied by Amoeba Music, critics are suing the city to stop it, arguing that it would tear down a “cultural resource” that deserves protection. – Los Angeles Times
Kanders Slander: Trustees Resign Amidst Wreckage of Whitney Museum’s “Triple Chaser” Fiasco
The resistance got its way: Warren Kanders, whose weapons-related business activities were attacked by protesters, has resigned from the Whitney Museum’s board. Therein lies a big problem, not just for the Whitney, but for the museum field as a whole. – Lee Rosenbaum
Violinist Lara St. John Says Teacher At Curtis Institute Sexually Abused And Raped Her, And Dean Waved It Off
“St. John says she was repeatedly sexually abused by the man trusted to hone her talent, renowned violinist and teacher Jascha Brodsky. Then, she says, she was disregarded when she reported what had happened to an administrator at Philadelphia’s elite Curtis Institute of Music.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Baltimore Museum Of Art To Establish ‘Epicenter Of Scholarship’ For Matisse Studies
The museum, which is believed to house the world’s largest collection of Matisse’s work (more than 1,200 items), will open the Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, a 3,500-square-foot facility intended to be “something like a think tank focused on Matisse,” in 2021. – The New York Times