“Formal three-year drama school courses are a waste of time and money for ‘the majority of actors’, according to the artistic director of the UK’s leading youth theatre.”
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Do Ballet Companies Need To Become More Egalitarian?
The hierarchical corps-soloist-principal system has been entrenched for the art form’s entire history, and almost all dancers are expected to know their place and count themselves lucky to have a career at all. But with a strike looming in San Francisco and dancers elsewhere speaking out, should ballet take a cue from modern dance in how to treat its performers?
Did The Director Of Blue Is The Warmest Color Push His Actresses Too Hard? Or Just Hard Enough?
Director Abdellatif Kechiche and his stars, Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos were all smiles last spring when the Cannes jury gave the three of them together the Palme d’Or. A couple of months later, the actresses were telling the press that Kechiche was sadistic and the shooting a nightmare; the filmmaker accused the women of trying to besmirch the movie and destroy his career. With Blue now being released in the US and UK, they’ve changed their tune (a bit).
Chicago Symphony Breaks Its Fundraising And Box Office Records
“The orchestra’s parent body, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, reported record-breaking fundraising for a third consecutive year, along with record ticket sales.” The organization did post a deficit for the year, though it was down 87% from the previous year.
Lincoln Center Lovefest For Outgoing NYC Mayor Bloomberg
“The mayor noted that the city is the single largest funder of the arts in America, and that since 2001, the city had committed $240 million to the redevelopment of Lincoln Center. For that campuswide project, Lincoln Center launched a capital campaign of $790 million, which is just $30 million shy of completion.”
Sculptor Anthony Caro, 89
“The career of Anthony Caro, who has died aged 89, was so enduring and substantial that it long seemed part of our permanent British art landscape.”
Brazil Reconsidering Its Ban On Unauthorized Biographies
“Brazil’s Congress is expected to vote soon on a law that would protect the right of an author to publish an unauthorized biography of someone famous – which is currently impossible, because of an ambiguously worded civil code and a spate of pro-celebrity legal precedents.”
Barely Making It In New York, New York, Then Triumphing At Home
Louis Hobson, who left a solid but stalling career on Broadway to return home to Seattle as artistic director of the city’s Balagan Theater: “The worst thing you can be in New York is just good. You have to take a risk and try to be brilliant or risk being terrible.”
Australia’s Richest Art Prize Goes To Jailed Felon
“The nation’s richest art prize has been awarded to a former Art Gallery of NSW security guard who is serving a six-year prison sentence for a drug-induced armed robbery. Nigel Milsom took out the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for his dark portrait of his grandfather’s friend, Uncle Paddy.”
Princess Of Qatar Tops ArtReview‘s Power 100 List
“Her full title is Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani … The sheikha, daughter of the former emir of Qatar and sister of the current one, has control of the biggest cash pile in the world when it comes to buying western modern and contemporary art.”