Could Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias Actually Happen?

“Yes, absolutely. One of the things people … were working on in 2001 when I was actually halfway through Oryx and Crake, is the ability to create diseases. We can do that now. … People thought when I wrote Oryx and Crake that I made all this stuff up. I actually hadn’t. Year of the Flood? Granted I stretch it a bit, but these things are quite doable.”

‘Fall for Dance’ 2010 to Feature Rare Cunningham Work

Merce Cunningham’s Xover, with music by John Cage and scenery by Robert Rauschenberg, “will make its New York debut as part of New York City Center’s 2010 Fall for Dance Festival.” Other performers in the series, for which all seats are $10, include India’s Madhavi Mudgal, Spain’s Company Rafaela Carrasco, Taiwan’s Shu-Yi & (Dancers) Company and hip-hop dancer Mr. Wiggles.

Choreographers, Stop Blogging About Your Damned Process!

Dance magazine editor Wendy Perron: “I realize a blog is a good way to keep your website alive and to involve your potential audience. But explaining how you make a dance, the problems you encounter and how you solve them, is not going to help either you as the choreographer or your potential audience. To dig into your imagination enough to make a dance, you need to be embroiled in a place where there is no explanation.”