We’re in a heyday of very-long-form performance these days, from Robert Lepage’s epics to Einstein on the Beach to The Peony Pavilion to the Ring cycle. “It’s not only that epic plays are fun, special occasions. … One becomes aware of a grand plan unfolding in theatre-time, so that the hours and minutes of the outside world seem to disappear.”
Tag: 10.29.13
Can An Argentine Cartoon About Foosball Change The Animated Movie Industry?
Metegol was made in Buenos Aires for $22 million, a fortune there but a pittance in Hollywood. Yet “the quality of the animation is indistinguishable, to the average movie-goer, from major U.S. studio films.” And the movie is poised to become a breakout hit.
Nicole Kidman On Hollywood Vs. Nashville And Her Career
“There’s an enormous amount you have to give up if you want to have a family. You can have a certain career, but you can’t be living in Hollywood, [where] absolutely everything, everything revolves around it. That wasn’t my choice. I’d rather revolve around somebody else’s career and then still find my own.”
Study Reveals 139 Nazi-Looted Artworks In Dutch Museums
“A review of Dutch art stretching back to 1933 is seeking to establish if 139 pieces on display in museums across the country were snatched from Jewish families during the Holocaust.”
Yes, Yes, The US Patent System Is Broken (So How About Fixing It?)
“The U.S. Patent system is one-size-fits-all system, meaning that al kinds of technology receive the same kind of protection. But this doesn’t make sense.”
Indictment In Bolshoi Acid Attack Spells Out Details Of Alleged Plot
“Bolshoi Ballet leading soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two other men were indicted Tuesday for the sulfuric acid attack on the company’s artistic director, Sergei Filin. Dmitrichenko, looking haggard and nervous in court, pleaded not guilty and after hearing the indictment read his own version of events from handwritten notes.”
The Scottsboro Boys – Minstrelsy Turned On Its Head
“This horrific chapter of American history – nine black teenagers pulled off a train and falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931, then subjected to Southern justice at its most criminally graphic – was far too serious to be presented in so cavalier and racially volatile a format, let alone by a white creative team.” Candace Allen – with reference to her grandmother and Aunt Billie, who remember the case – says that Kander & Ebb pulled it off.
Fired Bolshoi Superstar/Provocateur Gets Russia’s #1 Dance Education Job
Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who was terminated in June after more than a year of publicly campaigning for his bosses to be fired and himself to replace them (and who suggested that the acid attack on Sergei Filin was staged), has been appointed rector of St. Petersburg’s Vaganova Academy, founded in 1738 and considered one of the two or three best ballet schools in the world.
Why Tsiskaridze Being Named To Head The Vaganova Is Worrisome
“It’s hard to overstate the prestige of this position. … The Vaganova is revered as the cradle of Russian classicism. Giving over its direction to the controversial Tsiskaridze, therefore, has caused a sharp intake of breath among many in the ballet world.” Judith Mackrell analyzes the complex, difficult situation of the ballet academy that the volatile star has been given to run.
Why So Many Icelanders Still Believe In Invisible Elves
“How the country’s history and geography created the perfect setting for magical creatures, whose perceived existence sparks environmental protests to this day.”