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Tag: 11.04.10
ABT’ Cuban Lovefest
“The U.S. dance troupe is in Cuba for the 22nd International Ballet Festival of Havana, convened this year in honor of Alicia Alonso, who continues to lead Cuban ballet despite being nearly blind for decades. Alonso will turn 90 on Dec. 21. She remains an extremely demanding teacher known for her fiery temper, but also for a preternatural understanding of dance and an unparalleled sense of talent.”
Judge Says Fisk U. Can Sell Stieglitz Collection (But It Can’t Keep the Money)
“A Nashville chancery court has granted the cash-strapped university permission to sell a half-share in its famed Stieglitz art collection for $30million – but only on the condition that $20million of the sale be set aside in a trust to preserve the art if Fisk’s money troubles force the school to close.”
Yet More Delays for Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man
“The $60million musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive and technically elaborate Broadway show in history, will delay the start of performances this month by two weeks and open in January instead of Dec. 21 because more work is needed on it.”
‘The Man Who Saved Scottish Ballet’ Walks Away Over Contract Dispute
Artistic director Ashley Page “is credited with transforming Scottish Ballet into one of the country’s most dynamic dance companies after he was hired from the Royal Ballet in 2002.” But Page has decided to depart when his contract expires in August 2012; he is said to regard the offer of a one-year extension as an insult.
Stolen Degas Surfaces at Sotheby’s After 40 Years
“Dating from around 1871-1873, the work” – Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents (“Laundry Women with Toothache”) – “was stored in 1960 at the Havre Museum in Normandy, from where it was stolen in 1973.”
Butoh Is a ‘Dialogue With Gravity,’ Says Sankai Juku’s Director
Ushio Amagatsu: “If European/American dance is based on the concept of ‘being free from gravity,’ maybe we can say that in contrast, my dance is based on that of ‘sympathizing or synchronizing’ with gravity’.”
Supreme Court Hears Case About Video Game Violence (It Isn’t Pretty)
“One of the studies, the Anderson study, says that the effect of violence is the same for a Bugs Bunny episode as it is for a violent video. So can the legislation now, because it has that study, say we can outlaw Bugs Bunny?”
Conductor Rudolf Barshai, 86
“Barshai studied composition with Dmitri Shostakovich and later recorded a complete cycle of his symphonies. He left his homeland in 1975 after Shostakovich’s death and went on to conduct in London, Paris and Berlin.”
Record Price For A Matisse
“The superdealer Larry Gagosian won the sculpture for $48.8 million, a record for the artist and well above its $35 million high estimate.”