“Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes will retire this spring near the end of Ballet Theater’s 2015 season at the Metropolitan Opera House.”
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Turning An Audience Into Asylum-Seekers Trying To Sneak Across A Border
Bordergame, the latest site-specific production by National Theatre Wales, will have live audience members on a train trying to cross illegally from England into “the Autonomous Republic of Cymru” – as online audience members decide their fate in real time.
A Fourth Italian Opera House Loses Its Chief Conductor
With the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari having cancelled its fall productions after posting a €2 million deficit for 2013, the house’s young chief conductor, Daniele Rustioni, has said he won’t renew his contract when it expires next January. (in Italian)
How Our Sense Of Humor Changes As We Age
Researchers describe it as a progression from aggressive humor to affiliative humor – but it’s clearer and more understandable than those two terms may sound.
The Attractions Of Slow TV
“A slow-TV program is like a great view you encounter on vacation: it’s always there, impervious, but it gains meaning and a story depending on what it conjures in your head. … As entertainment, it is backward: it appears to do its job by casting viewers into their own minds.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.30.14
This is not censorship
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-09-30
“Sculpture Victorious,” Yes, But In What Way?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-10-01
Have We Lost the Ability to Be Alone?
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-10-01
It can be done
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-09-30
Dancing the Breaking Point
AJBlog: Dancebeat | Published 2014-10-01
Another free Chicago jazz festival: Hyde Park and local stars
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz | Published 2014-09-30
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Joshua Bell Playing The D.C. Metro: Here’s What Happens When He Alerts People Ahead Of Time
“The hall was so packed that when the students who accompanied Bell performed an opening set, people in the back of the crowd kept clapping after the students left the stage, not realizing that the music they were then hearing was a recording.”
Brooklyn Bar Sues City For The Right Of Patrons to Dance
“Andrew Muchmore, owner of Muchmore’s Cafe in Williamsburg, filed suit in Brooklyn federal court to challenge New York’s cabaret laws – which prohibit dancing by more than three people at one time unless the venue has a cabaret license. In the suit, he cites the first and 14th amendments and claims the tight restrictions against patrons shaking their money makers have forced him to play sedate if not dreary tunes at his nightspot and coffeehouse.”
The Problem With Protecting Canadian Content
“The problem facing the Canadian TV industry – from the big three commercial outfits to the guilds, unions and lobby groups representing the creators – is that cultural protectionism is a very, very hard sell. And it’s a hard sell because there is so little Canadian programming that is truly cherished and admired by the public. In this, everyone, from the top executives to the creative end of the industry, must face blame.”
Live Screening Of Billy Elliot Musical Tops UK Box Office This Week
“The screening, which was broadcast live from London’s Victoria Palace Theatre to more than 500 cinemas across the UK on September 28, beat new releases The Equalizer and The Boxtrolls to the top spot, and was the widest ever cinema release of a live event.”