“A full-length version of the romantic ballet Giselle will be among the works Jose Navas will be creating for Ballet BC during the next three years as the company’s new resident choreographer.” Navas, an internationally known dance-maker, is artistic director of Montreal’s Compagnie Flak.
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Mark Twain’s Marketing Genius
By placing a 100-year embargo on his complete, unexpurgated autobiography, Twain managed to turn each little leak of material over the decades, and each incomplete version of his memoirs, into a Major Event.
Plan Proposed to Not Fire Virginia Opera’s Director (Yet)
Earlier this month, several of the company’s board members publicly denounced what they said was a secret plot to get rid of longtime artistic director Peter Mark when his contract expires in 2012. Now those members have proposed “that Mark’s position continue through mid-2013, that he conduct only one opera a year for his last two seasons and that his salary be adjusted accordingly.”
Royal Flemish Ballet Leader Quits Over Merger Plans
“A Flemish culture minister’s plan to put the Royal Flanders Ballet and Flemish Opera under the same management has prompted the dance troupe’s artistic director, Kathryn Bennetts, to submit her resignation, citing the loss of independence.”
Hollywood Stars Increasingly Step Out To Help LA Museums
“For years, museum leaders here would commiserate with one another, if not publicly, about the lack of philanthropy coming from Hollywood. The industry has its share of contemporary art collectors, and filmmakers are visual artists in their own right, the thinking goes, so why aren’t they supporting the visual arts in their own backyard? Today, the picture looks brighter…”
Why Digital Textbooks Will Take Over
“Textbooks will be better than paper on the Nookcolor. Integrating videos, animations, recorded lectures, LMS functionality (through the browser), interactive diagrams and maps, and continuously updated content will turn textbooks into personalized, active learning platforms.”
Mel? Charlie? Lindsay? Will Nothing Kill Your Careers?
What does it take to kill a Hollywood career? The criteria are forever shifting.
British Library Launches Project To Track How Accents, Language Are Changing
“The British Library is asking the public to help it track how pronunciation is shifting in Britain. Volunteers are being asked to record a chapter from a Mr Man book to see how certain words and accents are changing.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber Sells Four Of His West End Theatres
The composer and impresario said it had been a “gut-wrenching decision” to let the Palace, Her Majesty’s, Cambridge and New London theatres go. “However, following my illness last year, I was advised to reduce the debt in the family company,” he said.
Stephen Sondheim Talks About Working In Theatre
“If you’re talking about Aha! moments, that comes with any collaboration. You sit in a room and you’re talking to someone and your collaborator says ‘X, Y, Z’ and you say ‘Wait a minute, that’s a great idea for this song.”