“Modeled after Miami’s New World Symphony,” the troupe, named Next Generation Ballet, will have “a three-tier demographic: Guest artists that will include principal dancers from companies around the world; apprentice dancers who have completed the bulk of their training but are looking for additional mentoring and stage experience; and … advanced students.”
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England’s Northern Ballet Gets a New Home in the City
Come September, the Leeds-based company, which has been operating out of a suburban secondary school, will be moving into a £12million facility in the center of Leeds’s cultural district. The new dance centre has seven studios, offices and a 200-seat theatre.
Talking to the ‘Original Billy Elliott’
David Gayle on a dance performance he gave at his hoe when he was a boy: “I danced with a couple of girls to a wind-up gramophone and the children who came to watch paid a penny for the show, which included a glass of lemonade and a biscuit. I wrote the order of the programme on a scrap of paper.”
No Buyers For Two Historic Frank Lloyd Wright Homes
“Considering that Wright built only four textile-block homes, all in Southern California, having one reach the market is something of an event. Having two languish on the market for so long is something of a mystery and raises questions about the region’s cultural heritage.”
Japanese Cartoons Take On Repatriation Of Treasures In British Museum
“In Japan manga is a mainstream medium, with sales of magazines and books amounting to around $5 billion a year. They are increasingly popular abroad and starting to make their way into museum exhibitions–though in Japan itself they are still given short shrift as an art form.”
Wikipedia Under Attack For Revealing “Mousetrap” Ending
“The online encyclopaedia is refusing to yield to criticism from Agatha Christie’s family for revealing the ending of The Mousetrap, the world’s longest-running play.”
Can The iPad Save Comic Books?
“This year the digital revolution has finally reached comics thanks to the iPad. Could it finally bring a struggling industry back from the brink? Or is the revenge on the nerds this time around?”
Ballet Movies: All Rivalry and Despair
From The Red Shoes and La Mort du Cygne, through The Turning Point and White Nights to the nw Black Swan, the backstage stories we see onscreen are all suffering, struggle and competitive rancor.
Getting to the Heart of Britain’s ‘Classical Music Is Elitist’ Class Divide
“Notions of what culture is remain fundamentally split between what we persist in regarding as high and low art. When we talk about a cultured person, it’s clear we’re also making an inference based on class. To use Tony Harrison’s words: Poetry’s the speech of kings. You’re one of those / Shakespeare gives comic bits to: prose!“
For Sale: Frank Lloyd Wright House, 50% Discount, Will Move to Suit
Wright built only four of his innovative “textile block” houses, all in Southern California. Two of them, La Miniatura and the Ennis House, have been on the market for more than a year without selling, despite reductions of 40% to 50% in the asking prices. There is even talk of moving one of the houses for an overseas buyer, if necessary.