10.26.17 – Page 2 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Brooklyn Has A Newish ‘Bone-Breaking Dance Scene’ Inspired By Jamaica [VIDEO]

“When we’re in a dance battle, it’s really like a battle – it’s a way for people to let their emotions out,” says one contestant in the ever-evolving subculture.

Ambitious Createquity To Shut Down

When Createquity relaunched in 2014, our vision was to facilitate progress towards a better world by compiling, vetting, and interpreting relevant insights from the research literature for people with the ability to make a difference. And in three years, we came a long way toward pulling off that vision. We delivered deeply informed analysis and surprising insights on topics including the benefits of the arts, arts participation patterns, artist careers, cultural equity, and the history of the nonprofit arts sector. Our research-driven features have received tens of thousands of page views—according to figures provided to us by the National Endowment for the Arts, more than the NEA’s own flagship research publications. Most importantly, in my view, we began to create a robust logic for how all of this research could optimally inform leaders’ decisions affecting the health of the arts ecosystem—decisions that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the United States and beyond.

Protesters Deface Theodore Roosevelt Statue, Calling It A Symbol Of White Supremacy

Protesters splattered red liquid onto the base of the bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, and later published a statement on the internet calling for its removal as an emblem of “patriarchy, white supremacy and settler-colonialism.”

Study: Musicians Have Better Memories Than We Do

A new meta-study concludes musicians tend to have stronger short-term and working-memory skills than their non-musical counterparts. The research, published in the online journal PLoS One, finds they also appear to have a small advantage in terms of long-term memory.

‘Dance Isn’t For Everyone’ – Mental Health And The Profession

Kathleen McGuire: “When I wrote about my struggle with depression, and eventual departure from dance because of it, I expected criticism. I was prepared to be challenged. But much to my relief, and horror, dancers from all over the world responded with support and stories of solidarity. The most critical response I saw was this one: ‘Dance isn’t for everyone.’ This may as well be a mantra in the dance world. We have become entrenched in the Darwinian notion that the emotionally weak will be weeded out. There is no room for them anyway.”

How Much Do Chicago Actors Get Paid? Less If You’re Not A White Guy, Finds Equity Study

“The majority of Equity acting jobs across Chicago theaters are going to men, white performers are often paid higher salaries than performers of color, and women are paid less than men on comparable contracts, according to a study from the Actors’ Equity Association.”

Second Lawsuit Filed To Stop Berkshire Museum’s Sale Of Art

“Less than a week after the sons of Norman Rockwell filed suit against the Berkshire Museum, attempting to prevent it from selling art from its collection, another lawsuit has been lodged against the Pittsfield, Massachusetts institution.”

Four Million People Visited Hamburg’s New Elbphilharmonie In Its First Year

The highly-praised, wildly-over-budget venue “has taken in up to 17,000 guests a day, with people from all over the world streaming in to attend concerts or just have a look around the distinctive building. In total, more than 62,000 people have thus far taken a tour of the building and 660,000 people have attended the concerts held there.”

Stratford Festival Gets Largest Donation In Its History: $10 Million

The gift by board chair Dan Bernstein and his wife, Claire Foerster, will go toward the construction of a new $60 million performance space to replace the Ontario festival’s Tom Patterson Theatre Center, built in 1971.

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