“I usually don’t work with music that has already been choreographed (especially not a work that is historically iconic), but I had an intuition that there was room for an entirely alternate exploration of the same piece of music. … I deliberately wanted to invert the conventional ‘romantic ballet’ setup.”
Tag: 08.27.16
The ‘Dance Detective’ Meets The Challenge Of Reconstructing Lost Choreography
“‘Discovering something great choreographers created is unlocking a piece of romanticized history,’ said Ms. Jones, an associate professor of dance here at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. ‘With work considered lost, curiosity compels me to dig into the past and reveal some of that mystery.'”
The Woman Who Created The Modern Waterfront
And a lot more: “She and Deborah Allen were the founding co-editors in 1954 of Industrial Design, a groundbreaking publication whose pages look as fresh today as when they were laid out by the art director Alvin Lustig.”
London Can Only Control Its Height-Obsessed Developers One Way
“The clusters that will dominate the Thames at Vauxhall and Blackfriars are not by any reasonable definition in the right place. The meretricious junk appearing in outer suburbs is not well-designed. Nor have towers so far done much to address the most pressing housing needs.”
Rap And Rock Don’t Make Chicago’s ‘Fine Art’ Cut
“The wide-sweeping aesthetic declaration comes as part of Cook County’s ongoing arguments about its tax code, and specifically the amusement tax levied against concerts, sporting events, ‘flower, poultry or animal shows,’ and any number of other ways the people of the Windy City get their kicks.”
How Many Decades Can A Woman Play The Ingenue On Broadway?
“I worked with my acting teacher Harold Guskin to help me create the edgiest possible performance. We found autoerotic, neurotic, nightmarish and subliminal obsessive layers everywhere in the plot. The morning after opening night, the word ‘lovely’ appeared twice in a review describing my character. I was ‘ever-lovely’ and in ‘lovely’ voice. Nothing else.”
Why Are Adults Confused When Kids Totally Get It, Asks An Author
“We are at a crossroads, trying to figure out what’s next, and in order to get to the other side, we have to wade in the water. Perhaps, this is us reckoning with our muddy past, crossing over the River Jordan. Even some of the antiquated questions being asked, some of the objectionable books that are being published, might, oddly, be necessary blunders that bring us closer to becoming more human. Like our students.”
Can A Neighborhood Nonprofit Succeed At Saving Langston Hughes’ Home As Harlem Arts Center?
“We’ve been talking a lot about what it means to embrace newness but also hold on to legacy, hold on to culture, and not erase the actual places that we believe are sacred spaces of the Harlem Renaissance.”
Virtual Ballet Is A Reality
“Through a heavy VR goggles and headphones, the viewer is not served the choreography; he must turn his head to discover that the group of dancers – in white tutu and pointe shoes; so far, the picture is familiar – is arranged in a circle.” [Translated from Dutch using Google Translate]
You’re Too Late To Get A Ticket For The Opening Weekend Of This Museum
“Smithsonian officials said 28,500 free, timed passes for Sept. 24 and 25 were distributed on the website and via a special phone service. By noon Saturday, passes over the following two weekends were sold out, too.”