The Montreal choreographer “has called on her dancers to do some pretty outrageous things over the past 20 years, but even the veterans of her company were left open-mouthed by her demand during the creation of Gymnopédies.” (Hint: it’s something they usually pay other people to do.)
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Joseph Brodsky’s First Interview In The West Comes To Light
“‘Of course, he is a very bad poet and an even worse person,’ Brodsky says of Yevgeny Yevtushenko. This pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the half-hour interview,” which took place in Vienna in 1972, shortly after the Nobel prizewinner left the Soviet Union for good.
Charleston Symphony Musicians Vote To Leave Musicians Union
“I think it’s a real demonstration of the trust that the musicians have in the organization. I think it’s also a real positive from the standpoint of their understanding that to be successful as an orchestra in the future, orchestras need more flexibility, they need to be nimble, and the fact is, unions sometimes get in the way of that.”
The Curious Evolution Of The Sign Spinner
“In the midst of the recession a new occupation emerged: the sign spinner. These individuals stood on sidewalks outside of businesses, dancing with signs or arrows that they threw and twisted in the air and around their bodies.” Now many of those human spinners are being replaced by robot mannequins. But what kind of humans vs. what kind of mannequins?
NY City Opera – It Battled Bravely From The Start
“It had been a star-crossed organization for years, beset by strikes, warehouse fires, financial woes and the devastation of the early years of AIDS. Beverly Sills–the company’s biggest star, its long-time general manager and most effective fundraiser–estimated that the troupe lost more than 100 people to AIDS in the space of a decade: directors, conductors, singers, and others at the peak of their youth and sexual urgency, cut down by a mysterious new malady.”
Zombie Freakout Shows The Lasting Power The Radio, And The Dangers Of The Internet
This wasn’t “War of the Worlds”-level alarm, but in 2011, Steven Schlozman’s 2 a.m. interview about his zombie novel sent a lot of listeners over the edge of terror (and fury). Why? Well … the internet.
So, Is It Cool To Write As If You’re Actually Jesus?
“‘First of all, she doesn’t say that Jesus speaks to her,’ Ms. Bearss said. ‘I feel like she’s tried to be pretty clear about that in her book introductions. In no way does she believe her own writing is sacred or that she has new revelations.'”
What’s The Role Of Fiction In Contemporary China?
Chinese writer Yu Hua: “The biggest problem facing Chinese literature is how to express today’s realities. Reality is more preposterous than fiction. It’s a difficult task to convey reality’s absurdity in a novel.”
Keeping ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Scarce Has Made It More Valuable
“Because of Watterson’s decision to avoid endless merchandising of his characters, we can only get our Calvin and Hobbes fix by digging out our books. We’re not saturated with Calvin and Hobbes in commercials or on toy shelves or at theme parks and that helps to keep the strip intact.”
Museums Led – And Still Lead – The Way On Adaptive Tech For Patrons With Disabilities
“The Art Institute of Chicago plans to experiment with 3-D printing to reproduce artworks and allow visitors, like those with Alzheimer’s disease, to explore the texture, scale and other sensory elements of objects in ways not otherwise possible.”