Factory is trying to salvage the new season after the strife surrounding this summer’s firing of artistic director Ken Gass; Tarragon, the most established of the trio, is seeking ways to get audiences to stick around a bit after the show; Passe Muraille has taken up site-specific and immersive theatre.
Tag: 10.08.12
Indianapolis Symphony Cancels More Concerts As Lockout Drags On
“Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians’ contract negotiations remain stalled and another week of concerts has been canceled after a Saturday deadline passed with no resolution.”
Jacksonville Symphony Plays On Despite Contract Impasse
“Peter Wright, President of the American Federation of Musicians Local 444, says the administration has only made one offer in seven months of negotiations. … Martin Connor, Chair-elect of the symphony association, says they sent the musicians a letter on Monday saying they’re ready to go back to the table ‘anytime they’re ready to negotiate’.”
Still Teaching Top-Level Ballet At Age 75
“Five days a week, you can find [Finis] Jhung doing what he does best: teaching dance at Alvin Ailey in New York City. Jhung says of teaching, ‘I love it. I mean, that’s – that’s my job. I’ve loved ballet since I was 6 years old and I still do.'”
A History Of Vandalized Artworks
“It is the latest act of art vandalism, stretching back to 455 AD when the Vandals invaded Rome, destroyed numerous artworks, and became forever associated with the wilful defacement of art.”
Fan Fiction Overtaking The Originals (At Least By The Numbers)
“The Harry Potter novels have inspired more than 600,000 pieces of fan fiction, a total that increases by at least a thousand stories a week. And although fan fiction (or fanfic) predates the internet, the web has allowed the genre to flourish.”
Margaret Atwood Turns To Writing E-Serials
“With a single-volume novel, it gets reviewed. How does one review a serial? You can review the episodes as they come out but since nobody knows how it ends there’s no overall way that you can comment on the whole thing, which is in some ways one of the charms, that nobody can peek.”
English National Opera And Its Naughty Ads
“The ad shows an open condom wrapper next to the words ‘Don Giovanni. Coming Soon.’ Did you catch the double entendre? The ad campaign has had classical-music fans around the world talking and blogging.”
MoMA Wants To Save The Past – On, And Of, Film
“Even as preservation work proliferates, opportunities to see the films in question continue to dwindle, as studios cut back on their ‘deep library’releases to home video, black-and-white movies vanish from television, and even museums and revival houses turn more and more to the digital presentation of films through hard-drive digital cinema packages.”