“I trusted my instincts. It is a very short career [and] I didn’t have time to cope with the management of the company.”
Tag: 08.25.15
Twyla Tharp Rehearses Her 50th Anniversary Tour: Day Eight
“But today the ones in this room are tired. This is no surprise as last week was a hard one finishing the entire show, which is nearly 90 minutes of dancing. I always push the first week of a rehearsal period so that we can all see what we actually have.”
How The Biggest Explosion In Recorded History Changed Culture All Over The World
The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 did more than just cause the “Year Without Summer” and lead to months on end of storms, crop failures and epidemics. The aftermath of that catastrophe changed the course of painting and literature (though the participants didn’t know it at the time), and arguably led to the birth of an entire branch of popular culture.
How To Structure A Radio Narrative, Explained In Comic-Book Form (Starring Ira Glass)
A portion of the “Keep or Kill” chapter from Jessica Abel’s graphic non-fiction book Out on the Wire.
Detroit Institute Of Arts Narrows Its Search For A New Director
Board Chairman Gene Gargaro, who is leading the 14-member search committee, said Tuesday that the museum has completed two rounds of interviews and identified “a short list” of four possible replacements for former Director Graham Beal, whose 16-year tenure ended June 30.
Is Your Foundation Perpetuating Inequality By The Way You Give Away Money?
“A basic tenet of equity in our line of work is that the communities that are most affected by societal problems are leading the efforts to address these challenges. And yet, many foundations’ application process is deeply inequitable, leaving behind the people and communities who are most affected by the injustices we as a sector are trying to address.”
Reflecting On The Harry Potter Generation (Long After Harry Was Done)
“For an entire generation, Harry Potter is a core text; for many, it’s the core text, formative not only because of its content, but because of the collective experience of reading it. The long waits between books, the midnight release parties, the broad cross-cultural anticipation that was near-unprecedented in the book world at the time: for the massive number of people who read them as they were first published, these things are tied up in our memories of reading the books, and our lasting interpretations of their words.”
What Do You Need To Do To Innovate In The Concert Hall? (Some Suggestions)
“Why don’t you create performing arts organizations like sports teams? For example, why not have fan clubs for various artists? Why don’t you have them sign autographs? At one point I got them to make baseball cards for all the musicians. There’s a lot to learn in the way sports are marketed, how they’re delivered, and how broadly they’re accepted. Sports is the most successful of the performing arts; and in any industry don’t you try to learn from the most successful?”
Two Aspen Music Festival Fellows Killed In Crash
Trumpeter Alex Greene, 23 and a student at the Curtis Institute, and tuba player Ben Darneille, 21 and studying at DePaul University, died in a in a car accident near Rock Springs, Wyoming on Monday night .
Post Cate Blanchett-Andrew Upton Era At Sydney Theatre Company Has Its Leader
The new artistic director at Australia’s leading theater will be Jonathan Church, outgoing director of England’s Chichester Festival Theatre, which he transformed from a fading regional company to a powerhouse that regularly sends produxtions to the West End and Broadway.