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Tag: 11.03.11
Are Our Brains Wired To Dislike Inequality?
“Scientists speculate that people have a natural dislike of inequality. In fact, our desire for equal outcomes is often more powerful (at least in the brain) than our desire for a little extra cash. It’s not that money doesn’t make us feel good — it’s that sharing the wealth can make us feel even better.”
How David Hallberg Made It From South Dakota To The Bolshoi
“‘His older brother would be renting The Transformers, and David would be asking for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,’ says [mother] Colleen Hallberg. ‘We didn’t know where that came from. Not from us’.”
Dance Offerings In UK Schools Should Match Music
“Sadler’s Wells artistic director Alistair Spalding has called on the government to promote dance in education, calling for a similar initiative to Darren Henley’s review of music in schools earlier this year. Spalding also claimed dance was ‘severely underfunded’.”
Musical America’s Musicians Of The Year: David Finckel And Wu Han
The cellist-pianist couple, artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, are the first joint winners of the award. Other honorees include Meredith Monk (Composer of the Year), Jaap van Zweden (Conductor), Gil Shaham (Instrumentalist) and Jonas Kaufmann (Vocalist).
Julie Taymor Will Be Eligible For Director Tony For Spider-Man
Taymor, who was fired – after a famously troubled and expensive tenure – from the director’s chair at the musical she co-created, “has received a show of support from the organizers of the Tony Awards.” She, and not her replacement, “is eligible for consideration in the best director for a musical category.”
Artist Offers To Rebuild Ai Weiwei’s Studio In Belgium
“The artist Wim Delvoye has invited Ai Weiwei to recreate” in a manor house outside Ghent “the Shanghai studio that was demolished by the Chinese authorities in January.” Ai’s assistants have warned Delvoye that going ahead with the project would provoke the Chinese authorities.
Sculpture Of Dead Ai Weiwei Gives Germans A Fright
“A sculpture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei as a corpse has caused panic in a small German town where passersby have mistaken the work for an actual dead body. Chinese artist He Xiangyu’s sculpture of Weiwei is so lifelike that it has resulted in dozens of calls to the police.”
Five Symphonies That Changed The Art Form
Every so often a piece of music comes along that changes the way everyone thinks about what music can do…
Apps As New Music Experience
“This is far more than a wrapper for the audio – it’s an opportunity to become part of the overall music experience. Our business is premised on app developers being the architects of how we experience music going forward.”