Incoming executive director Vanessa Logan’s goals include “joining the national touring circuit and expanding the group’s presence in Dallas … [as well as making TBT] a tier-one ballet company within the next 10 years. For that, the organization will have to reach an annual budget of at least $14 million.”
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Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.27.16
Recent Listening In Brief: Zeitlin On Shorter
Denny Zeitlin, Solo Piano: Early Wayne (Sunnyside) Over the years, Zeitlin has made clear his affinity for Wayne Shorter’s compositions. In previous Sunnyside albums he explored … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-07-27
Community within
As a community artist, I operate with the philosophy that creativity is a pledge to embrace and value one’s own existence and self-reflection is a process for changing awareness and behavior. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-27
A misshapen Venn Diagram
Erin Salazar, is an artist, muralist, seamstress, public art curator and Creative Community Fellow. She shares what community means to her in this time lapse video: … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-27
Actively making a place better
I’d like to share these images of what Community means to me. These images were taken recently outside the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York. The Reformed Protestant congregation hung 49 rainbow flags along … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-27
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US Tourist Mistakenly Locked On Roof Of Milan Cathedral Overnight
“Police said the 23-year-old man told them that he was in the bathroom when security made a final pass, and found himself locked inside the landmark cathedral when he went to leave on Monday night. He decided not to create alarm and spent the night on the spired rooftop, reporting himself to authorities when they reopened on Tuesday.”
Designs For New Cultural Quarter For London
“New images have been released of the planned cultural quarter in London’s Olympic Park that will house a 550-seat dance theatre for Sadler’s Wells. The Stratford Waterfront area, previously known as Olympicopolis, will also contain new dance studios run by Wayne McGregor Random Dance, a new campus for University of the Arts London and a second, east London venue for the Victoria and Albert museum.”
Baker’s Dozen: Man Booker Prize Announces 2016 Longlist
“In the third year that the prestigious British literary award has been open to any author writing in English, the U.S. nabbed five entries on the long list.”
Disney Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To ‘Star Wars’ Safety Violations That Smashed Harrison Ford’s Leg
“Two years after the actor Harrison Ford was badly injured on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by a hydraulic door on the Millennium Falcon starship, a Disney subsidiary” – Foodles Productions – “pleaded guilty to two criminal charges in a British court.”
As Controversy Over Deaccessioning Raged, Troubled Fisk University Sold Off Two Pieces Of Art
“When Fisk University, the historically black school in Nashville, tried to sell two paintings several years ago from its storied Alfred Stieglitz art collection, a firestorm erupted. … [But] with the debate over the future of Fisk itself swirling around her, Hazel O’Leary, then the university’s president, on behalf of the school quietly sold off two other paintings owned by Fisk.”
Warning: This Mozart Opera Is So Extreme And Shocking That We’ll Let You Turn Your Tickets In For A Refund In Advance
“Graphic depictions of violence, racist abuse and sexual assault are all expected to feature in a hard-hitting new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. But the [Edinburgh International Festival] failed to fully warn buyers when the tickets went on sale on April because it had not seen the three-and-a-half-hour opera, which will be performed at the Festival Theatre at the end of August.”
New York’s Big Apple Circus To Fold Its Tent After Fundraising Falls Short
“Despite its reputation and position in the city’s cultural firmament, many New Yorkers never realized that … the Big Apple is a nonprofit institution. Begun … in the 1970s, the circus was founded with a Robin Hood spirit that some families would pay full price; those lacking the means would pay nothing.”