Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan is to create his first full classical ballet with a new version of Giselle, which will open in Manchester in 2016. … After Manchester, Giselle will move to the Bristol Hippodrome and Mayflower Theatre in Southampton before being staged at Sadler’s Wells in London next November.”
Tag: 11.11.15
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.11.15
Fracking and Arts Marketing
Can’t wait to see where I’m going with this, can you? … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-11-10
Twombly Blackboard Helps Sotheby’s Chalk Up a Solid Contemporary Sale
Christie’s, the recent market leader in major contemporary art sales, has less to crow about this week: Its uneven sale last night made Sotheby’s contemporary sale tonight look good. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-11
How do you solve a problem like Leontes?
The problem with this “problem play” [The Winter’s Tale] is: why does he change so suddenly from adoring his childhood friend, Polixenes, King of Bohemia (whose visit has already lasted nine months) to being uncontrollably jealous, and certain that he is having an affair with his wife, Hermione? … If I were directing, I’d explicate the turnabout by making it evident that … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2015-11-11
Veterans Day 2015
For a couple more hours, it is still Veterans Day here in the western United States. I’ve been thinking that I should post something about this American holiday dedicated to the men and women who … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-11
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What Did Shakespeare Mean When He Called Othello Black?
When Shakespeare used the word “black” he was not exactly describing a race the way we would. He meant instead someone with darker skin than an Englishman at a time when Englishmen were very, very pale. Although Othello is a Moor, and although we often assume he is from Africa, he never names his birthplace in the play.
The City Of Detroit As A Symphony
“Having a project that is a kind of forum for people to be able to express themselves and to meet each other is wonderful. It can’t possibly be the ultimate story of Detroit, but it will allow people to rally around a narrative of their city.”
The World’s 10 Most Expensive Art Works Ranked By Quality
“The reason some paintings are so incredibly expensive is that they ought by rights to be in a museum. As modern art enters its third century (oh yes), most of its great canonical works are in collections like that of New York’s Museum of Modern Art or Guggenheim – so if a work of that calibre comes on the market it is worth, oh, about $274m.”
UK Warning: Our Regional Opera Companies Are In Danger
“Opera companies are [being] forced more and more to rely on any private money they can raise. Inevitably, a theatre like the Royal Opera House is able to raise more than smaller, less attractive companies. That’s why we’re seeing the extraordinary explosion of country house opera – Grange Park, Longborough, Glyndebourne and so on – and the shrinking of regional opera.”
Seeing Classical Music – A New Visual Imperative?
“The urgency to find a visual attraction to classical music feels rather more recent. A widely shared worry is that modern digital culture causes the visual element to be predominant. A teenager who considers YouTube a primary source of discovering music expects to see something.”