“Madrid’s fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young women were trying to copy their rail-thin looks and developing eating disorders. Organisers say they want to project an image of beauty and health, rather than a waif-like, or heroin chic look.”
Tag: 09.13.06
Sydney Dance Company Searches For Leader, Financial Fix
“Two months after Graeme Murphy and his wife, Janet Vernon, announced their resignation as artistic director and associate artistic director, the company remains in a perilous financial position, and is pinning its hopes on the Australia Council’s major performing arts companies funding model review.”
NBC To Stream PrimeTime Shows Free
The network becomes the latest to offer its shows online. “The episodes will run on the network’s video player, called NBC 24/7, the network said Wednesday. The episodes will be accompanied by blogs from the shows producers, writers or stars.”
Scottish National Refuses Invitation To London National
“The National Theatre of Scotland, which took Edinburgh by storm this summer, has refused an invitation to tour its phenomenally successful play Black Watch to the National Theatre in London.”
It’s Art And It’s Live
Live art is big in London. “From one-off, large-scale outdoor events, to intimate one-to-one performances in someone’s living-room, live art is popping up everywhere, and tapping into audiences’ hunger for unique experiences.”
Richmond Mayor Wants Stake In Performing Arts Center
Richmond(Virginia) mayor Douglas Wilder says he isn’t prepared to give $25 million towards renovation of the city’s performing arts center unless the city gets some ownership stake in the project.
Denver Center Gets A New Chairman (And Some Attitude)
“Daniel L. Ritchie was unanimously approved Tuesday as the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ new chairman and chief executive. And he wasted no time announcing an agenda that includes seeking relief from the city’s 10 percent seat tax.”
Indianapolis International Violin Competition Finalists
Finalists include musicians from South Korea, Italy, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, the US and Germany. would be the “survivors.” They’re competing for $250,000 in prizes.
Philly Theatre Restoration Project Shuts Down
Renovation of Philadelphia’s historic Sameric Theatre has been shut down. “Clear Channel, of which LiveNation is a subsidiary, bought the theater in January 2005 from the Goldenberg Group, and said it would turn the Sameric into a multi-use entertainment house.”
Top 200 – The Crowds At No. 1
Pretty much every week now there’s a new song at the top of the Billboard charts. “There are multiple reasons behind the instability at the top of the Billboard 200, as the chart is officially known. For one thing, album sales continue to decline (they’re off by about 7 percent this year), and the threshold for reaching No. 1 is dropping accordingly.”