A former student of the legendary Soviet violinist David Oistrakh, Beilina was a highly-regarded musician in the USSR when she emigrated in 1976. “Despite the rave reviews Ms. Beilina received for her debut, her career in the United States did not soar. Like other Soviet musicians who emigrated, she had trouble adjusting to a system where the government was not overseeing every aspect of her career.” She did develop a devoted following as a teacher at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, where she also founded the Bachanalia Festival in 1988. — New York Times
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Can We Talk Openly About How Hard It Is To Keep An Independent Dance Company Running?
Ryan P. Casey: “I know I’m not the only company director to have funded gigs with my personal savings, spent thousands of dollars on largely unsuccessful APAP showings, received rejections for grant applications that took hours to complete, or lost money on events I produced. But watching ensembles such as Trey McIntyre Project, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and now Jessica Lang Dance announce their final bows in recent years has made it clear that we’re all waging similar battles, and they’re not going to be won alone.” — Dance Magazine
British Government Blocks Export Of JMW Turner Painting
The painting, which sold at auction for £3.4 million, was the first one created in open air by the British artist. The arts minister: “It has so much significance for artistic and historical reasons that it is right that we do all we can to save this masterpiece for the benefit of the nation.”
The King And I Is Whistling A Happy Tune As It Rakes In The Money For A Theatrical ‘Event’ At The Cinema
Nothing’s more amazing than a musical, we guess: More than 135,000 people watched the cinematic broadcast of the West End musical (which transferred from Broadway), and it took in nearly 2 million pounds – and it’s getting yet more screenings.
Changing The Way Children Are Depicted In Anime Isn’t Easy, But It Is Necessary
Sometimes it takes real-life models to get more realistic animation, and this animator just happened to have two of his own on hand.
New York City Reviews Its Statues, And Fills A Big Gap With One Of Shirley Chisholm In Prospect Park
The statue will be installed in 2020, and it’s the first in a planned series that came about after “the city’s reviews of its statues — an effort to toss out ‘symbols of hate’ — and the creation of She Built NYC, an initiative to create more statues of women.”
Accused By Multiple Women, Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Now Being Investigated By Fox And Cosmos
Three women have accused the scientist and host of the TV show Cosmos of misconduct ranging from groping to rape.
Is The Iconic West Coast ‘Sunset Magazine’ About To Sunset?
This is bad (and, of course, it’s because the magazine was bought by a private equity firm): “Five top editors, including the editor in chief, have quit in recent weeks. Some freelance writers haven’t been paid for months. Sunset’s holiday issue, which typically lands in mailboxes in late November, has been delayed until nearly Christmas, in part because of a lack of advertising.”
Harry Leslie Smith, Who Survived The Great Depression And WWII And Became A Social Media Star, Has Died At 95
Smith’s following on Twitter and Facebook, in podcasts and in his column for The Guardian, reached well into the hundreds of thousands. “‘Enjoy yourself,’ he often said. ‘It’s later than you think.'”
The Film Star Who Says She’s Not An Actor
The star of Alfonso Cuarón’s new and widely praised Roma had no idea who he was or how the film industry worked when she auditioned in order to please her sister.