“The idea goes against the grain in arts marketing, as venues increasingly provide preview trailers, rehearsal clips and artist interviews for audiences to watch in advance.” But London’s Dance Umbrella festival is giving it a try. “A lack of knowledge about the art form can stop audiences from coming to dance, so [festival director Emma] Gladstone wanted to free them from worrying about what they didn’t know.”
Tag: 10.03.16
Is Michael Grandage About To Become The Next Julie Taymor?
“From 2002 to 2012, director Michael Grandage was the head of London’s Donmar Warehouse. The position he inherited from Sam Mendes was long on prestige, artistic achievement, and honors. But money? Not so much. But now the director, who long labored in the not-for-profit world, stands to enter the big money as the newly-tapped director of the forthcoming Broadway stage adaptation of the Disney film Frozen.”
How You Choreograph Dance For “Hamilton”
“For every one step in Hamilton, I probably cut eight steps. Only one makes the final cut. For the transition out of the opening number, I choreographed a 30-second transition for the entire ensemble. That 30-second transition is now one second long, a drum beat and a pose.”
Audience Member At Kansas City Library Lecture Arrested For Asking Follow-Up Question; Library Manager Arrested For Trying To Step In And Defuse
“On May 9, after a question-and-answer session following a public lecture by US diplomat Dennis Ross at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library, city police arrested and detained an attendee and the library’s director of programming and marketing. … In late September, the library decided to make the incident known to the media, because the city had pressed forward with the case.”
Defunct London Orchestra Musicians Play On Under A New Brand
“When the old Orchestra London’s finances collapsed, its musicians continued to play on in large and small groups. After several variations, the musicians settled on #WePlayOn as a temporary name. Now, a permanent ID is being sought.”
UK Tries To Measure Arts Policy Impact (And The Arts Don’t Do So Well)
“If anything, we are skeptical of attempts to measure impact. But arts interventions by the government use the same real-world dollars and cents as interventions in other areas. Shouldn’t we hold government spending to a high standard of effectiveness regardless of what those policies are trying to achieve?”
Fire Takes Out One Of Bay Area’s Favorite Classical Venues
“The four-alarm fire that rampaged through the roof of the historic First Congregational Church in Berkeley … is a disaster on several levels, not least for small arts organizations that have depended on the church as a performance venue. Groups such as Volti, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra all use the space, as well as Cal Performances.”
After 20 Years, Arundhati Roy Is Finally Writing A Second Novel
“Twenty years after Arundhati Roy won the 1997 Booker prize for her debut novel The God of Small Things, the Indian novelist’s second, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, is set to be published in 2017, her publisher has announced.”
How Technology Is Blurring The Space Between Mind And Machine
“Some people worry that one day soon we might physically attach computer chips to our minds, but we don’t actually need to plug ourselves in: proximity is a red herring. The real issue is the seamless way in which we are already hybridising our cognitive space with our devices. In ways both quotidian and profound, they are becoming extensions of our minds.”
Bronx Museum Moves Past Resignations Of Prominent Board Members
“The departures kicked up a cloud of controversy just three months after the museum had announced a $25 million capital campaign to renovate and expand its building along the Grand Concourse and to establish an endowment for the first time.”