The expanding reputations of British dancers and choreographers and the uptick in dance study and amateur participation are laudable developments. But the notion of dance as a vocation “has been exploited for too long, and it’s a grim fact that even the lucky few who make it to the top still earn very little.”
Tag: 09.30.09
RSC’s Boyd: Live Theatre Trumps Filmed Every Time
“Michael Boyd, the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, today struck a rare note of discord amid [the] new orthodoxy” that reveres live theatre broadcasts, saying that broadcasts of the National Theatre’s Phèdre were “a cool experience … not in a million years better than being in the theatre.”
Tate Modern Removes Nude Child Photo Of Brooke Shields
“A display due to go on show to the public at Tate Modern tomorrow has been withdrawn after a warning from Scotland Yard that the naked image of actor Brooke Shields aged 10 and heavily made up could break obscenity laws.”
Melding Obi-Wan, Orchestral Music And Arena Staging
The target audience for “Star Wars: In Concert” includes fans of the movie, rock ‘n’ roll concertgoers and, “a distant third, classical music aficionados. … [T]he show’s organizers are hopeful that the grown men who wear Darth Maul costumes to ‘Star Wars’ conventions might somehow be smitten by an easy-to-digest taste of an adagio, glissando and rondo.”
Lost Symbol Is No Exception To E-Book Sales Rule
“Fans of ebooks are always on the lookout for a magic bullet — a killer app, a brilliant new device, a groundbreaking title — to bring them to greater prominence. With the out-of-the-gate Kindle sales of ‘The Lost Symbol,’ it looked like they’d found their rocket.” And yet they hadn’t.
PEN USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award To Elmore Leonard
Leonard’s “fiction — with swift prose and slick characters — is often tapped for screen adaptation, notably with ‘Out of Sight,’ ‘Get Shorty’ and ‘Jackie Brown.'”
Omaha’s Ballet Company To Close
“The Rose Theater announced Tuesday that it plans to discontinue its Omaha Theater Ballet and School at the end of the 2009-10 season. The demise of the company, known for its annual production of The Nutcracker, means neither Nebraska nor Iowa will have a full-time professional dance company.”
Why Older People Seem More Prejudiced: They Can’t Help It
A research team finds “that older people may exhibit greater prejudice because they have difficulty inhibiting the stereotypes that regularly get activated in all of our brains. They suggested an aging brain is not as effective in suppressing unwanted information – including stereotypes.”
UN Decrees Tango ‘World Cultural Treasure’
“The United Nations on Wednesday declared the tango tradition of Argentina and Uruguay a world cultural treasure, adding its sultry dance steps and melancholy song lyrics to UNESCO’s heritage list.”
It’s Official: Allison Vulgamore Named PhilOrch President
“‘I think that we have found a leader who is as smart as can be, and who is deeply and successfully experienced in leading an orchestra,’ said new board chairman Richard B. Worley. ‘I think she’s creative, and she has pizzazz’.”