Two of the greatest dancers of our time – Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstantin Zaklinsky – will dance together at Sadler’s Wells. – The Telegraph (UK)
Tag: 10.14.99
“SEXY MEN AND GOOD HUMORED WOMEN”
A very different Australian Ballet lands in New York. – The New York Times
(ALSO: Another review from the New York Times, 10/15/99)
BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS
The Australian government has come up with a bureaucratic alphabet – the “Business Case for Cultural Investment Guide” and the “Cultural Products Menu” – as it tries to promote business investment in the arts. Sydney Morning Herald
POLITICS OF MUSIC
Last week’s concert in Miami by Cuban band Van Van provoked huge demonstrations outside. Intense media attention was partly to blame. Miami Herald
POTTER PROOF
Kids are putting away the video games and devouring the sorcery of Harry Potter. Some parents worried about the wildly popular stories have persuaded South Carolina’s Board of Education to review whether the books should be allowed in the classroom. (AP) Philadelphia Daily News
BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS
The Australian government has come up with a bureaucratic alphabet – the “Business Case for Cultural Investment Guide” and the “Cultural Products Menu” – as it tries to promote business investment in the arts. Sydney Morning Herald
POLITICS OF MUSIC
Last week’s concert in Miami by Cuban band Van Van provoked huge demonstrations outside. Intense media attention was partly to blame. Miami Herald
POTTER PROOF
Kids are putting away the video games and devouring the sorcery of Harry Potter. Some parents worried about the wildly popular stories have persuaded South Carolina’s Board of Education to review whether the books should be allowed in the classroom. (AP) Philadelphia Daily News
BUZZ OFF
Now the buzz has died down, a growing consensus says Tina’s lost it. Tina Brown doesn’t have enough money to smooth over the problems at “Talk.” – New York Observer
CONVERGENCE
It’s not about the Web; it’s not about print; it’s about publishing.” Publishers finally start to get it. – Publisher’s Weekly