“Every year, roughly 30,000 students … audition for Ballet Tech, formally known as the New York City Public School for Dance, which provides dance training run by Mr. Feld along with academic study for 156 students in grades 4 through 8. … Beginning in the fall of 2014, the organization will team up with the Professional Performing Arts High School, allowing the students to continue … through 12th grade.”
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Feds Seize Millions’ Worth Of Allegedly Smuggled Antiquities From Jailed Dealer
“Federal agents have seized an estimated $100 million in art over the last two years from a prominent Manhattan antiquities dealer they describe as one of the most prolific antiquities smugglers in the world. Subhash Kapoor, a 64-year-old American citizen, awaits trial in India, where he is accused of being part of an antiquities smuggling ring that American and Indian investigators say spanned continents.”
Mariinsky 2: Landmark Or Eyesore?
St. Petersburgers are having it out over the new opera/ballet theater designed by Toronto architect Jack Diamond. Have a look at these photos and see what you think.
Images From The Birth Of British Modern Dance
“In the process of a move from [Rambert Dance Company’s] old London base in Chiswick to their new South Bank headquarters, photographs of their history have been catalogued for the first time, providing a fascinating record of how an artform was created – and an audience for it.”
The Amazing Ambulatory Art Of Pakistani Trucks
“Showcasing the Pakistani tradition of painting vehicles elaborately, the trucks are covered with everything from detailed arabesques and Urdu calligraphy to portraits of Pakistani pop icons – or some combination of all three.”
A Tour Of The Mariinsky’s New Theatre
“The new Mariinsky Theatre, officially called Mariinsky II, is located directly across the canal from the original Mariinsky Theatre. It will become one of the largest opera production and presentation facilities in the world, and will be home of the Mariinsky Opera, Orchestra and Ballet.” Take a photo tour, led (metaphorically) by architect Jack Diamond.
Leonard Lauder’s Awesome Cubist Collection Goes To Met Museum
The cosmetics baron and philanthropist has promised the Metropolitan Museum of Art “his collection of 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures. The trove of signature works, which includes 33 Picassos, 17 Braques, 14 Légers and 14 works by Gris, is valued at more than $1 billion.”
Opera Star Risë Stevens, 99
“On the Met’s roster from 1938 to 1961, Ms. Stevens” – a mezzo – “was a superstar in an era when operatic superstardom was conferred mostly on sopranos and tenors. A Bronx native from a modest background, she was widely admired as a populist who help democratize the rarefied world of opera.”
US Postal Service Considers Selling Landmark Post Offices; Preservationists Object
“The Santa Monica post office, with its distinctive PWA Moderne style, is one of about 200 post offices around the country, dozens of them architecturally distinctive buildings, that the Postal Service has indicated it may choose to sell in coming years because of its financial problems.”
A Visit To Europe’s Largest Sculpture Foundry
“They’ve cast bronzes for Sarah Lucas, Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst. They also produced Martin Jennings’s sculpture of John Betjeman at St Pancras station. Here, the staff at Pangolin Editions in Gloucestershire reveal the secrets of the foundry.”