“Why would he want to oversee the dismantling of the company he’s built, the departure of the dancers he brought to OBT and trained, (everyone now in the company except for Roper), the mothballing of much of the repertoire a downsizing of the company and potential change of performance space would mean?”
Tag: 12.10.12
Musicians – It’s All In Your Relationship With Your Instrument
A study from Finland reports that “musicians who consider their instrument an extension of themselves are more confident, and feel less performance anxiety.”
Arts Council England Faces £11.6M In Further Cuts
“Arts Council England will have its budgets for 2013 to 2015 cut by £11.6 million … These are in-settlement cuts and are on top of reductions to funding already announced at the comprehensive spending review in 2010.”
In Britain, More Donors Are Giving Less Money
“The number of philanthropic donations to charitable causes worth £1 million or more reached their highest level in five years during 2010/11, although their overall value has fallen.”
Turkish Legislator Proposes Law To Ban Hit Soap Opera
The wildly popular Magnificent Century, about the court of Suleyman the Magnificent, focuses on the Sultan’s harem and domestic intrigues (as soap operas tend to do). Incensed at the less-than-reverent portrayal of a national icon, a member of parliament has submitted legislation “aimed to forbid historical figures from being humiliated and to prevent the ‘perversion’ of the facts”.
It’s Been A Gloomy Fall For New Shows On Broadway
“Of the 19 plays and musicals that opened on Broadway during the second half of 2012, only 2 have caught fire with ticket buyers, in large part thanks to a famous star in the cast (Al Pacino of Glengarry) and a famous title (the musical Annie). … Indeed, the two best-reviewed shows of the fall have emerged as two of the worst sellers on Broadway.”
But ‘Broadway-On-The-Elbe’ Is Hopping: Hamburg Becomes A Profit Center For Producers
“More than most European cities, Hamburg … has seized on American-style musicals and has turned shows into tourist attractions.” For example, the Disney spectacular Tarzan “has proved that even out-and-out flops on Broadway can go on to lucrative afterlives in this destination city for Germans.”
MoMath: New York’s New Museum Of Mathematics
“The founders of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) know they have a fight on their hands, given the pervasive idea that the subject is boring, hard and scary. But they are determined to give mathematics a makeover, with exhibits that express an unselfconscious, giddy joy in exploring the world of numbers and forms.”
Why The World Is Arguing Over Who Runs The Internet
“Who runs the internet? For the past 30 years, pretty much no one.” And that was deliberate. “But perhaps not for much longer. This week, 2000 people have gathered for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to discuss, in part, whether they should be in charge.”
Jon Stewart Almost Quit The Daily Show Before He Began
As he tells Stephen Colbert, “I walk in the door, into a room with the writers and producers, and the first thing they say is ‘this isn’t some MTV bullshit’ … And then I was told not to change the jokes or improvise.” He promptly instructed his agent to “get me the **** out of this. These people are insane.”