“Dance companies and artists are to be given the chance to pitch projects to a team of 18 producers, including Sadler’s Wells, The Lowry and The Place, in a Dragon’s Den-style scheme.” (Dragon’s Den is a BBC program that “sees entrepreneurs pitching for investment from some of Britain’s top business brains.”)
Tag: 11.09.09
Bruce Weber Photos Of Roberto Bolle – A Whole Book Of Them
The photographer whose very name symbolizes the fusion of beefcake and art spent three years working with ballet’s current reigning heartthrob. Roberto Bolle: An Athlete In Tights “features writing from Bolle, as well as texts by Elsa Morante and illustrations by Paul Cadmus and Jeremiah Goodman.”
In Evening Standard Award Noms, Royal Court Leads, Donmar Lags
“The Royal Court Theatre has dominated the shortlist for this year’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards with 11 nominations. By comparison, the National Theatre has received three nominations and the Donmar Warehouse only one.”
Carl Jung’s Rorschach Test
“The image – which looked like a strange mix of African art and Keith Haring – was a page from Carl Jung’s long-discussed but only recently published Red Book, a richly illustrated diary that captured Jung’s ‘confrontation with the unconscious’.” Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman looks at the picture and free-associates.
Religious Sacrifice Among Adolescents
“Religious sacrifice, the giving up of temporary gratification in return (perhaps) for future blessings, has existed in rituals since before the dawn of history. And while the notion of human sacrifice has faded, modern sacrifices can still be incredibly profound.” And they are “most visibly demonstrated among the devoutly religious – especially in youth.”
‘Is It Photojournalism, Propaganda Or Art, And Why?’
In a “thought experiment,” documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of Time) offers a photo of barren, cracked earth with a desiccated cow skull and poses the above question – along with his own answer and the replies of several dozen readers.
Bronx English Teacher Suspended Over Palahniuk Story
“A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by ‘Fight Club’ author Chuck Palahniuk.”
Musicians Say Off-B’way Producers Locked Them Out
“The union contends the producers locked out the musicians beginning with the Oct. 17 performance [of ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’], replacing them with recorded music.” It argues the show’s “producers are bound by a labor contract that was struck with the old producers, a deal that does not expire until 2011.”
Odds Are Long For Black Actresses, Precious Star Included
“It is a wonder that so many black actresses have waded through this stereotypical muck with their dignity intact. … Gabby Sidibe better enjoy her fame while she can because black actresses never have less than a hard row to hoe. Even if the inner life they bring to characters is as beautiful as they are physically, they have little chance.”
The Castrati: The Beautiful, Sad Men ‘The Little Knife’ Made
“If you were part of a poor family–mainly in Italy but here and there around Europe–and you had a son with a glimmer of musical talent, it was off to the chop shop. As a young chorister, Joseph Haydn narrowly escaped it. Barbers in Naples hung a sign: ‘Boys castrated cheap here.'”