“For poets, playwrights, editors, and actors from the seventeenth century through much of the nineteenth, Shakespeare’s language wasn’t intoxicating so much as intoxicated: it needed a sobering intervention. … Shakespeare’s script was the first problem that a production had to remedy. … So what changed? How did Shakespeare’s original texts regain their popularity?”
Tag: 10.06.15
Iran Threatens To Boycott World’s Largest Book Fair Because Salman Rushdie Is Speaking There
Said the Islamic Republic’s deputy minister for culture and Islamic guidance, “This has been organised by the Frankfurt book fair and crosses one of our political system’s red lines. We consider this move as anti-cultural. Imam Khomeini’s fatwa on this issue is reflective of our religion and it will never fade away. We urge organisers to cancel his address.”
South Carolina Ballet Company’s Home And School Destroyed In Floods
The Pavlovich Ballet School, headquarters for the Columbia Classical Ballet and “renovated just this summer, has been completely destroyed. During the flooding, water reached up to the ceiling of the studio. Costumes and music scores were ruined. … The entire building needs to be gutted.”
Lost Materials From 1877 Premiere Of ‘Swan Lake’ Discovered At Bolshoi
“Most modern productions of Swan Lake are derived from the 1895 staging at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, which had its premiere after Tchaikovsky’s death and for which Tchaikovsky’s score was drastically reordered and rearranged by Riccardo Drigo. The original 1877 Bolshoi Swan Lake … has been more of a cipher to posterity.” Until now.
Decrepit Old Bank Building, Bought For $1, Becomes Busy New Cultural Center On Chicago’s South Side
“In the past three years, [Theaster] Gates and Rebuild Foundation have created what opens to the public today as Stony Island Arts Bank, an exhibition space, lounge, bar, music venue, archive, program center, and library – with even more functions to come.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.06.15
Business Model You
Produced by the same team that created the tried and true Business Model Canvas, this book uses the same canvas as a space for you to map your personal business model and professional identity. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-06
A Map of Your Mind
You might have used a mind map to sort ideas you’ve brainstormed about a project or create an outline of a specific topic you are researching, but have you ever used this tool to map your own career path? … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-06
National Academy Update (plus: details on its shaky financials)
The “update” is that there is no update. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-06
A Tragedy Averted
General Director Kasper Holten’s statement that the new sound system at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden will never be used to amplify singers could not be more welcome. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-10-06
You Can Help Stop Cultural Destruction: Chartres Chapter
Universally recognized as a masterpiece of cultural heritage – inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1979 – the Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres is under attack by it would-be restorers. Now maybe you can help stop the dreadful makeover … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-10-06
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Filmmaker Chantal Akerman, 65, Dead In Possible Suicide
Director and/or writer of more than 40 films, Akerman is most famous for her 1975 work Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a three-hour dissection of three days in the life of an ordinary young widow in Brussels – and a film that, many observers argue, changed cinema history.