The choreographer’s widow, Eugenia Eiriz, talks about how he brought the flamenco style to narrative stage works and how his foundation is keeping those works alive and bringing flamenco into Spanish schools.
Tag: 12.20.12
Lawmakers Want Hearing On Minnesota Orchestra Finances
“More than a dozen [state] House lawmakers signed on to a letter to Minnesota Orchestra management, calling for a hearing to find out if they were misled before awarding millions of dollars to the Orchestra. … Legislators also want to know if any that money is being used for lawyers, security or any other expense to fund the [ongoing] lockout.”
The Jewish Diva Who Won Over Vienna’s Ex-Nazis
“It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to sing the prestigious role of Aida for an audience full of particularly harsh critics – whistle-packing Nazis she says were determined to show ‘that Jew from Palestine’ she was not welcome at one of the world’s greatest opera houses.”
Free Admission At India’s First Art Biennale Scrapped
“The government is happy that it rakes in revenue by way of tourism and culture promotion. But the Kochi Biennale Foundation is broke and individual artists, who strived for the event, have incurred huge personal debts. … Badly off, the KBF has decided to charge from visitors an entry fee of Rs.50 per adult [slightly less than $1] and Rs.10 per student.”
Where Some Dancers Go After They Retire
“They go to Stanford. They go to medical school. Some even go on missions to outer space.”
Meet Britain’s Longest-Serving Pantomime Dame
Berwick Kaler: “I’m a man dressed as a woman who you think doesn’t really want to be dressed as a woman. … In fact it’s not the children who would be embarrassed by a dame if he was effeminate or wore really wonderful [flamboyant] Danny La Rue-type costumes. It’s the men. They would feel uncomfortable.”
When Nativity Scenes Go Minimalist
“The scene of the holy couple, shepherds, wise men and attendant livestock – which is not in fact biblically accurate – has become so widely reproduced that it can now be understood even by a simple arrangement of blocks, as a recent wave of minimalist nativity sets has shown.”
UK Relaxes Law On Digital Copying
“We feel we have struck the right balance between improving the way consumers benefit from copyright works they have legitimately paid for, boosting business opportunities and protecting the rights of creators.”
What Publishing Learned From “50 Shades”
“The new dirty word is submission, and its arrival on every tongue is revolutionizing sexual politics even as it enriches Fifty Shades author E.L. James, her publishers and the legions of copycats whose own pornography is now clogging mainstream bestseller lists.”
Video Streaming Sales In Europe Rose 60 Percent This Year
“Europe is still way behind the U.S., where the pay TV on-demand sector for movies is worth about $1.2 billion, and the online movie market worth about $728.5 million.”