“The following poems about the romantic repercussions of the demonstrations were ‘found’ this month in the Missed Connections section of newyork.craigslist.com. They are printed verbatim, with only line and stanza breaks added; the titles are the subject headings.”
Tag: 10.23.11
Three Living Links To Merce Cunningham Reminisce
Donald Byrd: “He would always ask you to do impossible things. And you felt compelled to try to do it. … People would figure out how to do it, or some facsimile of it. And it was still extraordinary, even if it wasn’t what it originally was supposed to be.” Memories from Byrd, Patricia Lent, and Cunningham’s nephew Michael.
David Lynch On Going To The Dentist
“Then he introduces the needle into that gum. And just presses a little bit of Novocaine, And you don’t really feel it. But now he’s numbing as he goes. He’s numbing as he goes. So that needle could come clear up through your brain and you wouldn’t know it! He numbs as he goes. It’s so fantastic. I love going to the dentist.”
Twyla’s Come Fly Away Poster Girl Speaks
Holley Farmer, longtime dancer in Merce Cunningham’s company and star of the Broadway run of Tharp’s Sinatra musical: “I’m the girl in the blue dress dancing on Frank Sinatra’s hat. There we are, my trusty partner and I, locked in a cameo dance embrace. My knee is wrapped faithfully around his waist. We are staring at each other’s noses.”
First Person: David Hallberg And The Bolshoi
“In this First Person account David talks to the BBC about taking on such a high profile role in Russia and shares a rarely seen home video of him training as a teenager.”
Louisville Strike Spillover: Kentucky Opera May Do Next Show With Keyboards
“The Kentucky Opera might use two pianists and a harpsichord rather than 35 Louisville Orchestra musicians for November’s performances of The Marriage of Figaro.” The players’ union “placed the opera on its ‘unfair list,’ meaning any unionized musician who works for the opera could be fined.”
The Sitcom Was Dead. (Now It’s Back Big Time)
“As recently as 2008, only two comedies ranked among the top 10 shows at this point in a new television season. Two years earlier, the total was zero. But comedy has surged back this fall, elbowing past those other genres to reclaim supremacy among viewers. So far this season, sitcoms occupy seven of the top 10 spots.”
Problem: US Arts Giving Up, But It’s Going Mostly To Fund Art For White And Wealthy
“Most of your museums, symphonies, opera houses — large established cultural institutions that are promoting the European cannon. The audiences for those institutions continue to be predominantly upper income and white. So what it means is that this funding is not really benefiting everyone in our society.”
New Kansas City Concert Hall Remixes The Past With The Future
“Kansas City’s newest showpiece creates a framework for how dusty old orchestras can survive in a distracted world. The center takes all the micro things needed to put on a good show, like honed acoustics, advanced stage mechanics, comfy seats, and remixes them with today’s macro realities — that arts groups need to work together, look as relevant as the newest Apple Store miracle.”
E-book Piracy’s A Bad Thing, Except When It’s Perfect For Authors
“If I can buy all my books second-hand, grab them at the library or borrow them from my friends, then why would I ever pay full price for the same product? Why would anyone? And yet the indisputable fact is that people – and I’d even go so far as to say a majority of people – do.”