“The 43-year-old dancer-choreographer” – one of Britain’s most celebrated – “said he would still dance smaller roles and cameos, but the physical rigours of performing solo onstage for more than an hour were becoming too much.”
Tag: 10.09.17
Met And Bolshoi To Co-Produce Three New Anna Netrebko Vehicles
The three productions – Verdi’s Aida, Strauss’s Salome and Wagner’s Lohengrin – are the first joint ventures for the two companies. No dates or directors have been announced yet, though Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin made a point of saying that the project has President Putin’s approval.
Beirut’s Museum Of Memory Opens Its First Exhibition (Though It Has No Board Or Director)
“The architect behind the $18m project to renovate and conserve the building as a memorial museum says it was a milestone simply for it to be open to the public during the 40 days of the show. Tangled local politics and the sensitive subject matter have left the museum without a director or governing board, and a generous research centre, offices and library have lain empty for over a year.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.09.17
Life in a Whirlwind
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company presents a new work: A Letter to My Nephew. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-10-07
masculine-feminine
When I was an undergrad, I was taught the concept of masculine and feminine cadences. It went like this: masculine cadences resolve on the strong beat; feminine cadences resolve on the weak beat. I have no idea if this nomenclature is used by anyone anymore. … read more
AJBlog: Infinite Curves Published 2017-10-09
Billy Bragg and the Rebel Power of Skiffle
Back in the mid-’80s, I was in a Calculus class when a friend I knew mostly from our shared love of punk rock handed me a hand-labelled cassette of a musician I’d never heard. … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-10-09
Research: People Who Volunteer Give Twice As Much To Charity
We may offer training, and even recognition of these volunteers, but generally that’s the extent of how we see them. Perhaps we ought to be looking more intently at them as donors. Research from Australia shows that people who volunteer for a charity (nonprofit) give, on average, twice as much as those who simply donated money.
The Film Editor Who Invented Baz Luhrmann’s Frenetic Style
Jill Bilcock, and Luhrmann, call it frame fucking. Bilcock: “When you talk about frame fucking, it’s actually about music. Everything is about rhythm. … Baz and I have a very low attention span. We tend to think everybody can see everything in a few frames. It’s a tapestry: the sum of the whole equals the end result.”
Czesław Miłosz And The Cost Of Complying With Tyranny
Are the subjects of totalitarianism mindless drones? No, wrote the Polish poet who defected to France after working for a government in thrall to Stalin. Instead, people in totalitarian societies are practicing ketman. That talent, or ability to dissemble, “goes deeper than mere lying. Ketman reaches deeper into the soul than simple hypocrisy. Ketman deceives the deceiver, as much as the person being deceived.”
A Free Piano In LA’s Union Station Equals Respect, And A Crowd, For This Homeless Musician
Matthew Shaver has been playing the piano since he was 4 years old, and being homeless – or “home-free,” as he calls it – isn’t stopping him, thanks to the free piano at Union Station. “The piano, he says, “is the most positive influence in my life. … I felt accepted, I felt wanted, I felt that I was useful, that I could do something that could last.”