“Fox got good ratings with its summer dance competition ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ and the viewer enthusiasm didn’t end with last week’s finale. The 10 finalists are going on tour, and all 37 dates, which went on sale last Saturday, sold out in just a few hours.”
Tag: 08.24.06
Iran’s Movie Theatres Thriving
Iranian movie theatres are enjoying a boom, “fueled largely by a greater number of homegrown romantic comedies, which have lured people back to the big screen. Movie theaters took in more than $2 million between March and May this year, up 100 percent from the same period last year, the state cinema authority Farabi reported.” (the tickets cost only $1).
A Summer DanceSchool To Die For
When Thomas Melone’s daughter couldn’t find a dance partner, Melone invited an ABT star to make an appearance. Then he built a beautiful dance studio/school in Martha’s Vineyard and recuited stars of the dance world to come run it in the summer. The result: a dance program to die for…
Report: Music Downloading Will Be Slow To Replace Disk Sales
The music business is going more and more online. “Despite the growth, Screen Digest predicts that the overall European music market will continue to lose value until 2010 at the earliest – when sales of downloaded music will have grown enough to offset the losses.”
Juilliard Names A New Dean
Ara Guzelimian has been named new dean of Juilliard. Guzelimian comes from Carnegie Hall. “At Juilliard, he said, his emphasis would center on the role of the artist in society, or “the subject of how do you engage in the society around you in the broadest and most unexpected ways, rather than the narrow definition of success for a young dancer, actor or musician.”
Norwegian Chorus Wins Choir Olympics
“The Norwegian Student Choral Society (founded in 1845) has won the gold medal for Men’s Choir at the 4th World Choir Games in Xiamen, China. Previously known as the Choir Olympics, this international competition gathers about 20, 000 singers from 400 choirs.”
UK Hot For Guitars
Guitar sales in the UK are at an all-time high. “It’s probably got a lot to do with guitar bands and kids being inspired by young singer-songwriters.”
Dylan: CDs Are Crap
Bob Dylan complains that modern CD sound quality is terrible. “His main criticism of contemporary CDs is the lack of sound clarity arising when producers try to make each strand of a recording as uniformly loud as possible. ‘You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them. There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just, like … static’.”