Perhaps fittingly, it’s performed by a company called Brutal Ballet. (video)
Tag: 09.20.14
Concerts Are Really Lucrative. The Recording Industry Is Dying. And It’s All Going…
“The concert industry is far from dead. It is drastically changing, and Nashville’s live music scene is a microcosm for many of those changes. Not all of them, however, will be for the better.”
A New Think Tank On The Future Of Orchestras
“Andrew Balio sees the Future Symphony Institute as a first step toward creating a permanent orchestra think tank, perhaps sponsored by a foundation or university someday. Whether or not that happens, the Baltimore session promises to add fresh food for thought, starting with how the institute came about.”
Does The Future Of Movies Lie In Virtual Reality?
“Now is the time to figure out how to tell human stories — and that involves questioning fundamental concepts that may be taken for granted when it comes to uses like gaming.”
A Beautiful Building, For Once, For Architecture Students
“It’s often easy to spot the architecture department at universities: it’s the one in the really ugly building. Or else it has some bizarre structure attached, the relic of a short-lived and forgotten fad promoted by an ex-professor.”
The Glories Of The Cannes Film Festival, In Poster Form
“From surreal illustrations, to memorable film stills, and the original artworks of beloved directors, these posters (and accompanying facts) remind us why the annual celebration on the French Riviera is still the most glamorous, essential, and exciting film festival around.”
Pop Music Is So 20th Century – Classical Music Is Of The Now
“Now that all music is about the past, and about a curation of taste into playlists, now that fashions and musical progress have collapsed, discernment wiped out, classical music takes a new place in time, not old or defunct, but part of the current choice.”
The Elephant In The Boston Music World: The City Needs A Real Opera House
“Astonishingly, given its cultural accomplishments, Boston has no purpose-built home for opera, with an adequately sized pit and acoustics friendly to the natural human voice. Of the 10 largest cities in the country, it is the only one without a dedicated home for this art form.”
What Will Beijing’s New Mega-Museum Look Like?
“Sunlight will be filtered through the building’s perforated façade on to a vast internal garden, while a large-scale water feature will be installed on the museum’s sprawling open-air roof terrace.”
This Woman Made A Living Publishing Short Stories In The New Yorker. Do You Know Who She Is?
“Imagine a writer named John Gallant … who settled in Paris and published nearly every story he wrote in the New Yorker. Even if he was reclusive, he would be internationally famous. You would know what was thought of as his best work without ever having read it. His stories would be taught in every intro class, in high schools and college both.”