“Dance companies in the UK are being urged to back a scheme aimed at supporting dancers at the end of their stage careers, as part of a Europe-wide effort to boost employment opportunities for performers facing retirement.”
Tag: 10.21.11
Big Publishers Agree To Give Authors Sales Data
“Three major publishers said on Wednesday that they would allow their authors to access book sales data directly online, a move that appeared to challenge Amazon and its continued efforts to woo authors.”
Max Anderson Named Director Of Dallas Art Museum
“During his tenure in Indianapolis the institution’s attendance more than doubled to 450,000 visitors annually. He launched innovative web-based tools to engage the public, like a dedicated video channel for art and artists known as ArtBabble, as well as Dashboard, which provided users with real time statistics such as the number of visitors to the museum that day along with a deaccessioning database.”
Louisville Orchestra To Musicians: Sign Contract By Friday Or We Replace You
“A letter sent Wednesday outlining the offer … states that the musicians have until 4 p.m. on Friday to approve the proposal or orchestra management will ‘begin the process of hiring permanent replacements for its musicians’.”
William Forsythe Creates A Zany Ballet (William Forsythe?!?)
His piece I don’t believe in outer space “includes slow-motion ping-pong playing – and movement derived from patterns created by dancers who were asked to memorize their apartments blindfolded.” Says Forsythe about the set, “Those little meteorites you’ll see on the stage floor? Those are pieces of tape that we save every time we tear up the floor.”
Where Batman Will Meet Occupy Wall Street
“In just over a week, The Dark Knight Rises – a film featuring a fictional 1 percenter, [Bruce] Wayne, and his superhero alter ego, Batman – is scheduled to begin filming on Wall Street, only two blocks from Zuccotti Park, which the Occupy Wall Street protesters have been using as their home base for the last month.”
Calling All Musical Theater Mavens! Wikipedia Needs You
“Amateur digital archivists and musical theater devotees are invited to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on Saturday for a six-hour ‘editathon,’ an event meant to improve Wikipedia’s musical-theater-related entries using the library’s special collections.”