De Luz, who retired from NYCB last spring, has just begun a five-year term as artistic director at Spain’s national company, which came to international renown under the leadership of choreographer Nacho Duato (1990-2010). De Luz tells Wendy Perron that (among other goals) he’d like to bring some of Duato’s works back to the CND’s repertoire. – Dance Magazine
Tag: 09.24.19
Europe’s First Orchestra For Young People With Disabilities Is Making Its Debut
The Open Youth Orchestra of Ireland “is preparing for its inaugural performance, which will showcase adaptive instruments, virtual reality music and revolutionary ‘conductology’. (includes video) – Irish Independent
How Gianandrea Noseda Is Remaking Washington’s National Symphony
For players, the NSO has become more appealing than ever. It has long been one of the best-paid orchestras in the country. Now, it’s also seen as among the more dynamic ones. The orchestra is touring Asia this year, and a European tour is said to be in the works. It appeared at Carnegie Hall in the spring and will go to Lincoln Center in November. Selected performances are being streamed and distributed online on Medici.tv; others will be recorded, including the Beethoven cycle at the end of this season. – Washington Post
Doyenne Of Black Dance Writers (And Maybe All Dance Writers) Takes On New Role: Curation
Eva Yaa Asantewaa “wasn’t looking for a curatorial position when she got a call from Gina Gibney, the artistic director and founder of Gibney, a performing arts and social justice organization that includes Ms. Gibney’s dance company and features classes and studio rentals. … ‘She had a whole plan mapped out,’ Ms. Yaa Asantewaa said. ‘It took me about two minutes to just say yes.'” – The New York Times
A Seattle Jazz Institution Closes
A modest room with fewer than 100 seats, Tula’s is a movie-set-ready jazz joint: cocktail tables bathed in golden light, wood-and-mirror-paneled bar, intimate stage, flat black ceiling, slowly turning fan. On the back wall hangs the huge wooden sign that once advertised Bud’s Jazz Records, in Pioneer Square. (The ashes of the owner of that shop, Bud Young, are also stashed in the club. Talk about keeping the spirit of jazz alive.) – Seattle Times
For First Time, Complete Text Of ‘Darkness At Noon’ Is Available In English
“Arthur Koestler’s classic story of Stalinist purges has hitherto been known through an incomplete translation by his girlfriend – until a student found the original in an archive.” – The Guardian
How Fenway Park’s Baseball Organist Gets His Playlist From Twitter
“This morning I got a request for a song called “Medicine for Melancholy,” by Rivers Cuomo,” Kantor said, sitting at the organ as a recent game got underway. “During batting practice, I got a request for ‘Detroit Rock City,’ by Kiss, and a request for anything Springsteen.” – WGBH
Al Alvarez, Poet And Author, Dead At 90
“[He] championed the work of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, wrote a provocative study of suicide and explored his own risky pastimes in [bestselling] books about rock climbing and professional poker.” – The Washington Post
Vox Media Buys New York Magazine
“On Tuesday, Vox Media agreed to acquire New York Media, the company behind the biweekly print magazine and five popular online offshoots, in an all-stock transaction. … While consolidations in the media industry typically mean cutting costs at the expense of quality journalism, Vox and New York said their combination was something different.” Said New York Media’s CEO, “It’s not out of need. It’s out of ambition.” – The New York Times
Icon In Little Old Lady’s Kitchen Turns Out To Be Medieval Painting Worth Millions
A nonagenarian in the French town of Compiègne had had the painting hanging on the wall above her hot plate for decades, thinking it was a common Greek icon. The 8-by-10-inch image turns out to be Christ Mocked, part of a multi-panel work from about 1280 by the Italian painter Cimabue, and it’s expected to sell for more than €6 million at auction next month. – CNN