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Fired Director Of Cleveland Ballet Launches Her Own Ballet School — Right Next Door
Gladisa Guadalupe, recently dismissed as the company's artistic director following a misconduct investigation, founded the Cleveland School of Dance in 2000 before co-founding the...
Thanks To Prop 28, California Schools Are About To Get $1 Billion For Arts...
"There are complexities to bringing $1 billion into classrooms — and restoring programs that have often been the ones to go when money is...
Peter Schickele, Creator Of P.D.Q. Bach And Composer In His Own Right, Has Died...
In a five-decade career, "the Juilliard-trained Schickele generated agreeably melodic chamber music, vocal works, symphonic scores and film soundtracks. But he drew his greatest...
Royal Shakespeare Co. Launches New Low-Price Ticket Scheme
"The (company is) offering 25,000 tickets at £25 as the theatre’s new artistic directors aim to 'throw open the doors' to a more diverse...
Tone, Gender, Performance, And Exclamation Points
"When we talk about exclamation points, people often think we’re talking about tone. But what goes unsaid is that tone is the performance of...
Comedians Stealing Each Other’s Jokes: Taboo Or Standard Practice?
Both, evidently. Some longtime standups are saying it's worse than it used to be; others say it's happened for the entire history of the...
Reworking Balanchine’s “Apollo” From The Muses’ Perspective
In Brett Fukuda's Muse Paradox, there is no Apollo. "I have three men, but their role is abstract. I wanted to analyze my experience...
He Went Into The Competitive World Of Student Dance Conventions And Created A Big,...
"Rather than emphasizing trophies and celebrity faculty," Joe Lanteri and his New York City Dance Alliance have "prioritized longer-term investments in young dancers, preparing...
Depoliticizing Poland’s State TV Network Is A Struggle As Right-Wing Nationalists Act Out
Supporters of the Law and Justice party, which lost the recent elections and had thoroughly politicized state media while in power, have stormed and...
For The First Time, Malaysia Is Criminally Prosecuting Filmmakers. The Charge: “Wounding Religious Feelings”
"The director and producer of a banned Malaysian film that explores the afterlife were charged Wednesday with offending the religious feelings of others in...
English National Opera’s Musicians Formally Declare Strike
"Members of the Musicians’ Union and Equity will walk out on February 1. … Members of both unions have voted in favour of strikes...
After 14 Years, Stolen Picasso And Chagall Paintings Are Found In Belgian Basement
Picasso's Tête (Head) and Chagall's L’homme en prière (Man at Prayer), whose estimated worth totals $900,000, were stolen from a Tel Aviv collector in...
New York Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Murdered In Brazil
The 75-year-old co-owner of the gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co., which represents Kara Walker, Vik Muniz, and Jeffrey Gibson, among others, Sikkema was found...
Warning Of Damage To City’s Economy, New York Cultural Institutions Urge Mayor To Reverse...
"Leaders of major cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Carnegie Hall, sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging him to...
President Of The Broadway League Is Retiring
"In a surprise announcement, Charlotte St. Martin ... said she would be stepping down from her current role next month. As the leader of...
A Brief History Of Booing At The Theatre (Which Might Just Be A Good...
"The more straight-faced, incendiary boo of displeasure has been all but silenced, bar lone tuts or harrumphs. But for centuries, theatregoing etiquette allowed for...
France’s New Culture Minister Is A Combative, Controversial Conservative From The Sarkozy Days
"'Everyone knows I like fighting. Don’t be afraid of me,' Rachida Dati announced upon her arrival to the ministry. … She is known for...
Universal Music Group Is About To Eliminate Hundreds Of Jobs
"After weeks of rumors, Universal Music Group has confirmed that it will be laying off an unspecified but significant number of employees in the...
Today In Florida Book-Banning: Dictionaries
"The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle" (the county seat is Pensacola), "has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over...
Someone In Georgia Painted An Icon With Stalin In It, And, Well, All Hell...
A right-wing party called the Alliance of Patriots gave Tbilisi's Orthodox cathedral a multi-panel icon of the 20th-century mystic Saint Matrona of Moscow; one...
Eleven Weeks After Hacker Attack, British Library Begins Restoring Online Services
"The British Library is restoring online its main catalogue, containing 36m records of printed and rare books, maps, journals and music scores. … However,...
Thanks To Counterfeit Basquiat Fiasco, Orlando Museum Of Art Is In “Severe Financial Crisis”
Turns out attorneys and crisis PR advisors are expensive. "Within a year’s time we had a 25 percent increase in unbudgeted expenses," executive director...
Cleveland Ballet Fires Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe Following Investigation
"The Cleveland Ballet has fired its remaining co-founder after an independent investigation revealed the full depths of the 'toxic' environment dancers and employees have...
Tom Shales, Longtime Washington Post TV Critic And NPR Movie Critic, Is Dead At...
At the Post from 1977-2010, "his column was widely syndicated, and his stiletto-sharp commentary on TV stars, trends and network executives brought him national...
“Succession”, “The Bear”, And “Beef” Rule At The Emmy Awards
"Succession secured its legacy with its third best drama series award, The Bear feasted as the night’s top comedy, and the two shows about...