Gosh, and everyone had seemed to be on her side. Wise Children, the troupe Rice is starting after she leaves Shakespeare’s Globe, was awarded roughly £2 million (£475,000 per year) by Arts Council England, even though it didn’t exist even on paper until eight days before the application deadline. What’s more, Wise Children received money earmarked for southwestern England, which the company claims it will serve, even though it’s registered in London and will be resident at the city’s Old Vic. Following a furious denunciation in the industry press last week, controversy over the grant is mounting.
Tag: 07.29.17
A Podcast Case For Taking Pop Music Seriously As High Art
“Switched on Pop takes the work of pop stars like Jepsen, Justin Bieber, and Ariana Grande seriously as music. While there is a surfeit of music criticism focused on the lyrics and personal backstories of these artists, there is little that considers the role of certain chord progressions or instrumentation. Harding and Sloan believe that the people behind today’s pop music are often brilliant composers, and that the nuance of their work is too frequently missed.”
The Music Business Is Now Controlled By Concert Promoters (As Opposed To Record Producers)
As the traditional win-win equilibrium between act, management, record company and promoter falls to the wayside, just like the music industry itself, the balance appears to favour the profit-oriented large promoters.
How Is Publishing Doing Now That The We Need Diverse Books Movement Is Three Years Old?
Sometimes, publishing companies or individuals have had to start their own imprints. For instance: Salaam Reads “takes submissions directly from writers. Zareen Jaffery, the imprint’s executive editor (who is also Muslim), says this practice grew out of feedback she received from Muslim writers, who said it was difficult to find an agent.”
Sergei Polunin Says Without Shedding Its Elitist Image, Ballet Will Die
Polunin, one of the art’s bigger (and certainly one of the more controversial) stars, thinks that dancers can be like soccer players or actors if they just have agents, and if the art can open itself up to top theatre and film directors.
Howards End Was Fictional, But You Can Go See It Anyway
And you can visit Pemberley and Manderley, and you can visit and revist Brideshead should you so desire. (Why does British literature depend so very much on houses?)
Composer Gilles Tremblay, Whose Music And Teaching Shaped Contemporary Music In Quebec, Has Died At 85
“Tremblay had students discover a universe where history wasn’t presented as a series of ruptures (between different musical eras), but instead presented as a continuous search for a personal and lively expression of music.”
Can You Guess Who’s A Racist Based On Their Intelligence?
Turns out that people who are more intelligent, at least in pattern recognition, may be more likely to stereotype. On the other hand, they’re also more likely to be able to counter those stereotypes with new information. In short, it’s complicated.
Apple Removes Apps That Help Chinese Users Avoid Censorship
“‘We are troubled to see Apple aiding China’s censorship efforts,’ ExpressVPN said in a statement.”
Why, Why, WHY Are You Talking (And Eating) At The Theatre?
So this stream of Angels in America went well. For someone. “There is nothing like the silence of a highly dramatic moment—such as when a young man, seriously ill with AIDS, finds a point of contact with his ex-lover’s lover’s Mormon mother — punctuated by a man burping and gurgling, and sounding as if he is going to gag.”