Marguerite and Armand “was created by Sir Frederick Ashton exactly 50 years ago for the legendary Margot and Rudolf and it was believed that it would die with them – that nobody else could ever tread onto their hothouse emotional turf with sufficient magnetism and mystique.” Yet since the turn of the new century, companies have occasionally given the piece a try? Is it good enough to survive without its legendary leads?
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After Two-Year Renovation, Birmingham Rep To Reopen For Centennial
“2013 is a pivotal year. As well as the centenary celebrations, Roxana Silbert has just taken up her post as artistic director, ahead of the Rep’s move back to its current home in Centenary Square, which has been undergoing major redevelopment … [including] a new 300-seat studio theatre, two giant rehearsal rooms and lots of swanky new loos.”
Keanu Reeves Knows The Future Of Cinema
In an essay for The Guardian, the actor and (now) documentary filmmaker discusses celluloid, digital video, where the two meet and where they clash.
Salvaging America’s Sound Recording History From A Bewildering Variety Of Formats
The recordings – news broadcasts, field recordings, interviews and radio dramas as well as music – which the Library of Congress project aims to preserve were made on media ranging from early wax cylinders and big aluminum discs covered with lacquer to turn-of-the-21st-century digital files created with software its makers no longer support.
The Ikea Effect (A Lesson For Arts Professionals?)
“Imagine that, you know, you built a table. Maybe it came out a little bit crooked. Probably your wife or your neighbor would see it for what it is, you know? A shoddy piece of workmanship. But to you that table might seem really great, because you’re the one who created it. It’s the fruit of your labor. And that is really the idea behind the Ikea Effect.”
Speaking Texas German (Yes, There Is Such A Thing)
“A century ago, more than 100,000 people in a large swathe of south central Texas spoke the dialect. To the uninitiated, it sounds like a strange mishmash of English and German. Today, perhaps 8,000 people can speak it, the youngest of whom are in their 60s.”
Sulfuric Acid Was Not Enough: New Internet Attack On Sergei Filin
“The campaign against the Bolshoi Theatre’s artistic director Sergei Filin, who recently suffered an acid attack, is showing no signs of slowing. As Filin undergoes a series of operations in Germany to save his eyesight, a bogus statement in his name surfaced today on the internet.”
Chamber Opera For Black-Box Theaters
Over the past few years, and generally under the radar of the wider classical music world, there’s been a wave of new small-scale, inexpensive-to-produce operas composed for the same small and flexible theater spaces in which new plays are often developed.
Liszt-ifying Pink Floyd
“Turkish pianist Aysedeniz Gokcin’s love of classical music – and classic rock – has inspired her to release an album which features Pink Floyd songs reworked into the style of 19th Century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.”
Can Humans Know What It’s Like To Be A Bat? No, But We Can Come Closer Than You’d Think
“This amazing skill – echolocation – is like a whole new sense, distinct from our experience of sight, hearing or touch. So what is it like?” Thanks to technological advances and some research out of Berkeley, we’re beginning to find out.