“Following one of the longest and hardest-fought series of collective bargaining sessions in recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra history, the musicians finally have a new labor contract.” The agreement includes small raises each year and no change in health care benefits.
Tag: 09.29.15
‘I Just Knew I Would Never Stop Tap Dancing’ – New MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance
“I knew it was possible because our masters die with their shoes on. … You dance until your 90s. … To be able to be a dancer and a musician at the same time, there’s nothing like it.” (audio)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.29.15
Phil Woods, 1931-2015
Phil Woods died today, less than a month after he announced his retirement from playing. He was 83. Woods’ longtime drummer Bill Goodwin told me this afternoon that the veteran alto saxophonist “went out on his own terms,” … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-09-29
Girls Growing Up Black
How fast their feet are! Skittering, stepping, bouncing up and down, kicking out those feet, six women dance as if the ground itself is both untrustworthy territory and something that needs mastering. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-09-29
Postminimalism Takes Finland
The Fifth International Conference of Minimalist Music, in Turku and Helsinki (harbor above), Finland, was a smashing success. I ate sautéed reindeer and plenty of herring. We ended up Sunday night with only a few people left in the upstairs bar at the Torni Hotel, … read more
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2015-09-29
Monday Recommendation: Playboy Swings
For sixty years, Hugh Hefner and his Playboy magazine have been easy targets for lampoon and parody. With their fixation on the care and feeding of the male libido, they have attracted plenty of both. But there has always been more to Playboy than preoccupation with sex. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-09-28
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Vivendi To Build 10 New Theatres Across Africa
“The foundation stone of the first hall in Guinea’s capital Conakry has already been laid. The other cities where the theatres will be built include Benin’s main city Cotonou, the Congo capital Brazzaville and the Senegalese capital Dakar.”
MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners For 2015 Include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Dorrance, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nicole Eisenman, Basil Twist
“When puppeteer Basil Twist got the call in the middle of rehearsal for his new show, he bristled. ‘I was like, ‘Who is this, a bill collector?””