“If you take the top 10,000 YouTube videos by performance and dub them in 20-plus languages, you could easily unlock an additional half a trillion to a trillion views,” he told Rest of World. - Rest of World
Roughly a French Louisiana equivalent of Gullah, the African-English hybrid of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands, Kouri-Vini developed among the region's Black and mixed-race Creoles in the early 1700s. It faded away during the 20th century, but some present-day Creoles are working to bring it back to life. - BBC
"Independent films, movies aimed at adults, or those created in different art styles rarely get nominated, let alone win. The 17 animators interviewed for this story disagree on the award's success in championing animation, question its history of nominees and winners, and wonder whether its issues are ultimately fixable." - Vulture
For how long has science occurred outside the West? Is it fundamentally a Western export, a product of distinctly Western attitudes and values? - Boston Review
"This year's cohort spanned five artists at different career stages ... whose movement styles encompass contemporary dance, classical ballet, tango and hip-hop. ... (The five got) studio time, a cast of two or three from ABT's corps and apprentice ranks, choreographic coaching — and complete artistic freedom to create a 5-to-10-minute work." - Dance Magazine
We think of these buildings as expressions of faith, but they were more than that. They were ways of conceptualising faith in stone and glass — what the scholastic philosopher Peter Abelard called “geometrised theology”. - The Critic
"Critics called his storylines ludicrous and his special effects schlocky, … but many of his films turned a profit and gained a cult following, attracting later generations of moviegoers … (with) mutant ants, 60-foot giants, rampaging grasshoppers and a bloodthirsty spider that proves too big to squash." - MSN (The Washington Post)
The world that Balanchine created for himself—one that moved from woman to woman, muse to muse—was itself a form of ronde. Come June 23, 1977, when the choreographer was seventy-three years old, he premiered a ballet that could have taken that line from Ophüls. “We’re in Vienna. It’s 1900.” - New Criterion
"There has been an inextricable link between new buildings and economic growth in the 20th century, but that relationship must change because the climate impact from unfettered development is so great, says Kengo Kuma." - Bloomberg CityLab
"Martin, who currently serves as a host of All Things Considered Weekends, will join Morning Edition on March 27. Martin joined NPR in 2006 to launch Tell Me More. She has been in her current role since 2015." - Inside Radio
Classical fans have long complained about how poorly iTunes and Apple Music fit the genre. So, in 2021, Apple purchased Primephonic — which designed its database especially for classical — and closed it, saying they'd integrate it with Apple's software and relaunch it. The result, Apple Music Classical, arrives March 28. - Ars Technica
Kohn Pedersen Fox, the firm which he co-founded and served as president and number-one salesman, designed such celebrated buildings as the World Bank headquarters in DC, Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, and skyscrapers from London and New York to Seoul and Shanghai. - MSN (The Washington Post)
"The Atlanta Lyric Theatre has closed its doors after 42 years under the weight of financial strain … (due to) 'a significant drop in overall attendance in the wake of the pandemic.' Remaining shows of the 42nd season — including Pippin, The Best of Broadway and the Cabaret series — have been cancelled." - ArtsATL
Katherine Farley, who became board chair in 2010 and led the arts complex through the complete renovation of David Geffen Hall, decided that the end of that project was a good time to hand over the reins. Her successor is Hearst CEO Steven Swartz. - The New York Times
"Once hailed as among the finest actors of his generation, Blake became better known as the center of a real-life murder trial, a story more bizarre than any in which he acted. Many remembered him not as the rugged, dark-haired star of Baretta, but as a spectral, white-haired murder defendant." - AP
