“Despite its reputation as a highly sexual dance, I can’t say that I felt terribly sexy while doing it as I was too buy trying to keep the involuntary spasms in my quads under control so I didn’t fall over. The dance is punishing on the lower half, and requires a massive amount of muscle control, not to mention a core like granite.”
Tag: 09.05.13
What Exactly Does A Dance Outreach Program Look Like?
“With a sagging economy, lackluster ticket sales, and funding shifts, many mid-sized ballet organizations are experiencing a disconnect occurring at a certain point among them, outreach program participants, and their local communities.”
South Africa’s “Theatre Of Struggle” Appoints First Black Artistic Director
“The 44-year-old Zulu [James Ngcobo] is the new artistic director of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Despite the venue’s celebrated history of protest plays during white minority rule, when it was known as the ‘theatre of the struggle’, Ngcobo is the first black person to fill the position full time.”
Community Radio Blossoms In Bangalore
“On a breezy April afternoon in Bangalore, a young, visually impaired radio host named Jaidev sat straight-backed before a console mic at the offices of Radio Active, the city’s first community radio station. He prodded his listeners – mostly low-income workers – to take an unusual pledge: to never discard certain fruit peels. ‘You want a cheap, delicious curry?’ said Jaidev. ‘Use watermelon rinds.'”
Can You Train Your Brain To Combat The Declines Of Aging?
“We all know that if you practice something you will get good at it. There’s no question that if you practice on a brain training game you’ll get better at that brain training game. The question we were trying to get at is: Does it lead to any general benefit in other areas of life, in other aspects of cognitive function?”
Should Theatre Critics Talk To Each Other About Plays?
“Does this sully critical judgement? I don’t think so. One of the most intriguing things about the most interesting writing from the liveliest bloggers is that it is often a response not just to the performance itself but often also to other writing which has already taken place around the production.”
Texas Theatre Legend Dies
Jerry Russell “wanted to create the kind of professional theater that Fort Worth really didn’t have then, one that did major dramatic classics as well as riskier new plays. He brought on serious, high-quality dramas, paid his actors and provided a great deal of wisdom and guidance — while working non-stop to keep everything going.”
The Logistics Of Adapting Work For The Stage
Adapting the work of classic (dead) authors “reenergizes you for the next time you do one of your own, original pieces.”
State Of The Art: Women Conductors
“Orchestras in Scandinavia and North America are currently the most receptive to female conductors. And, importantly, they do not expect them to act like men.”
Sudden Surge In Nobel Literature Prospects For Ngugi wa Thiong’o
On Thursday, Ladbrokes temporarily suspended all betting on the Kenyan writer’s winning the prize. The company only does that when there’s a sudden large bet (or several), and there was one – from Sweden.