The writers of a letter say that Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival director Sam Stourdzé has to take real action. This year’s numbers are damning: 12 men and three women, but that’s not all: “Throughout the world female artists who have been trained in the best art schools constitute more than 60% of the graduates. Yet, they receive less support, pay, and rewards, and represent barely 20% of the artists exhibited in France.”
Tag: 09.07.18
Beethoven’s Teenage Buddy Anton Reicha Finally Gets His Own Spotlight
Reicha, a theorist and composer who taught at the Paris Conservatory – and influenced Berlioz, Liszt, Franck, Gounod – was a quirky, unconventional thinker whose theories presaged Ives and Bartok. “Reicha was driven by a desire to bring the same structure and logic to music education that he saw in other sciences.”
What’s The Deal With Superhero Hair?
Women superheroes, that is, with their heavily styled, beautifully flowing tresses (Thor has long hair too – but he pulls it back when he fights). “Something happens when women become superheroes in earnest, as though it’s impossible to deify them without the hallmark of traditional femininity, the comic equivalent of Breck Girls.”
One Of Disneyland’s Original Designers Says The Park Is ‘Gone’
Rolly Crump has a reputation as one of the park’s consistent critics – but for good reason. For deacades, the designer “has offered blunt assessments of Disney designs as well as his former peers — a no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is artist who is offended at the suggestion that others would be offended by his critiques. At the same time, Crump is fiercely possessive of Disneyland’s ideals and believes strongly in the theme park as a place of living art.” (Don’t miss the detail about the poster he had on his Disney door that said “Smoke marijuana.”)
Some People Loathe The Dance Sequence In ‘Oklahoma,’ But It’s Actually Central To The Musical’s Meaning
Here’s the thing, haters: “Far more than a frothy break in the action, de Mille’s original choreography revolutionized musical theater. She had stage and film in her blood: Her father was a playwright, and Cecil B. de Mille was her uncle. That made her a natural to create dances for Oklahoma!, but de Mille did more than build on the western theme: Her ballet for the dream sequence advanced the narrative in ways singing and talking couldn’t.”
Waterstones Buys Book Chain To Fend Off Online Booksellers
Waterstones is buying the 115 year-old family-owned chain Foyles, saying the deal will help to “champion” real bookshops in the face of online rivals.
Bill Rauch Talks Inclusive Theatre
“We’re telling the best stories that we can possibly tell — the most dynamic, the best writing — period. The fact is: Voices that have been too often marginalized in our theater have some of the most exciting stories to tell. So if we’re going to tell the best stories, we darn well better have a mix of storytellers and stories that reflect gender diversity and many, many other expressions of identity.”