How ‘Flesh And Bone’ Is Like An Actual Ballet

“A typical classical ballet is based on fantasy or fairy tales, … Flesh and Bone is a contemporary twist on these familiar tropes. The princess escapes the tower of her imprisonment and flees straight into another evil lord’s hands, and must struggle to free herself from him while battling the dragon of her past as well and severing its final chains. Along the way, she encounters several would-be knights … and dodges the rival fading queen/ballerina who wants to see her destroyed.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.16.15

Unveiling Hammershoi, A Worthy Exhibition
While I was away–I traveled to Jordan from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, more about which another time–a lot happened in the art world, including the New York fall auction season. But before I go there, I want to share my review of an excellent exhibition at Scandinavia House in NYC. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-11-16

Sotheby’s Buyout Bombshell: Turning Towards the “Less-Tenured”
Maybe the Sotheby’s buyout bombshell (first reported Friday by Bloomberg’s Katya Kazakina) shouldn’t have come as a shock: This purge was foreshadowed by CEO Tad Smith’s cryptic cryptic comments in last Monday’s quarterly conference call with stock analysts: … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-16

Opera at Old Eli
Doris Yarick Cross for more than thirty years has directed Yale Opera, a division of the Yale School of Music. She and her husband, Richard Cross, serve as the voice teachers for the program, a mammoth task. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-11-16

Clarinets At Grace Cathedral
Over the years, Grace Cathedral on San Francisco’s Nob Hill has hosted countless concerts of importance. Among them, both in 1965, were Duke Ellington’s magnificent Second Sacred Concert and pianist Vince Guaraldi’s Grace Cathedral Concert with his trio and an 86-voice choir. Rifftides reader and veteran audio expert Jim Brown attended last week’s more secular concert at Grace Cathedral. Presented by the SFJazz organization, it featured four clarinetists … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-15

Monday Recommendation: Tom Harrell
The fascination of jazz musicians with French impressionist composers goes back at least as far as Bix Beiderbecke. Among contemporary jazz musicians, Tom Harrell is Beiderbecke’s counterpart not only … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-16

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Are ‘Treescapers’ The Buildings Of The Future?

“Treescrapers have emerged as a popular typology in speculative architecture, a building scheme that pledges environmental gains and density—but exists mostly on paper. The porosity of these designs upends conventional standards for construction. They look futuristic, maybe so much so that they don’t look like the future of architecture.”

Saeed Jaffrey, Who Acted In Everything From ‘Gandhi’ To ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ To ‘Coronation Street,’ Dies At 85

“When Jaffrey arrived in Britain, non-white actors were still a rarity and the theatre world was at a loss as to how to deal with them. Slowly his quality became recognised, even though the stage parts he was offered often depended on his ethnicity rather than his considerable professional abilities. Colour-blind casting was still in its infancy, and it is not surprising that much of Jaffrey’s early British work was in the BBC World Service, where his splendid speaking voice and his pure Urdu were invaluable.”