And that’s true in weapons and swordfighting theatre classes as well. Ask one student-turned-devotee: “In theatrical swordfighting, you’re following choreography and working with your partner and trying to avoid contact unless it’s part of the routine. It’s just like dance. Except there are more pointy objects.” – San Diego Union-Tribune
Tag: 11.22.19
A Conversation Between Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer Prize-Winner For ‘Sweat,’ And Jeremy Harris, Who Wrote ‘Slave Play’
Nottage: “Yes, I have to go sometimes to where my audience is, rather than being confined by the proscenium—which forces us to have a certain level of engagement, which means I have to sit very quietly in the dark while these people speak at me. There isn’t always a conversation.” – Vogue
Two UK Treasure Hunters Found A Huge Viking Hoard – And Stole It
The metal detectorists found a hoard, didn’t report it, and sold most of it – and now they’re jailed for a very long time. “The hoard — much of which is still missing — could shed new light on a period when Saxons were battling the Vikings for control of England. The trove is thought to have been buried in the late 9th century by a member of a Viking army that was being pushed east across England by an alliance of Saxon forces.” – The Washington Post (AP)
Apple Pulls ‘The Banker’ From Theatrical Release As Allegations About Producer Emerge
The movie was supposed to be Apple’s big first narrative film release, a movie that would enter the awards discussion. Instead, the film – which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie – is on indefinite hold “as the company investigates sexual abuse allegations concerning one of the movie’s co-producers.” – Los Angeles Times
Walls And Barricades Are Going Up Fast, But Just As Quickly, Artists Are Making Them Into Huge Canvases
Walls can be psychic wounds to those who suffer on either side, but artists try to make them “sites of exploration and evolution.” – Hyperallergic
Anne Midgette: National Symphony Is On The Brink Of…
There is an “arc the NSO has traversed over my 11 years in Washington, from the disaffected, sloppy ensemble that Leonard Slatkin left when he departed in 2008 to the group that’s starting to taste real international demand under Noseda. Those in-between years have seen ups and downs.” – Washington Post
Is Los Angeles’ Community Of Musicians A Vision Of Orchestra 2.0?
What we need are larger communities of musicians who take on a variety of musical tasks throughout their towns, playing early music, new music, movie music, chamber music, whatever is wanted. – Los Angeles Times
LA MoCA Employees Give Notice They’re Unionizing
The workers come from nearly every department at MOCA, including visitor engagement, education, exhibitions, communications, retail and audio-visual, but not curatorial. Among their motivations to unionize: pay, working conditions, and quality of internal communications or “lack of transparency” between management and employees. – Los Angeles Times
Who Was The World’s First Movie Star? (And Why Haven’t We Heard Of Him Before?)
Until now, the honor had been thought to belong to Florence Lawrence (“the Biograph Girl”), who became famous under her own name following an outrageous publicity stunt by her new studio in 1910. But new research has found that a French slapstick comedian called Max Linder was marketed as “Max” by 1907 and under his full name by 1909. He became famous in both Europe and Hollywood, and Charlie Chaplin considered him a major influence — yet he was forgotten after his bloody death in 1925. – The Guardian
Do Trigger Warnings Work? Research Says…
As you might have noticed, the use of trigger warnings has since spread beyond US universities to educational institutions around the world, and further: into theatres, festivals and even news stories. The warnings have become another battlefield in the culture wars, with many seeing them as threatening free speech and the latest sign of ‘political correctness’ gone mad. – Aeon