“Eight months after mold forced the Orlando Ballet from its longtime home, the dance company could be moving to new headquarters in a prime location, Orlando’s Loch Haven Park.”
A Wing And A Prayer: Putting Together A Living As A Roving Church Musician
“And you don’t always think about how difficult it is to succeed in a field that requires you to be able to bounce from one singing gig on Newbury Street, hop a Green Line car and bang out another in Newton, before zooming back to Harvard Square for the final performance of the day.”
A World Cup For Pole Dancing
“Contestants from 36 countries climbed, gripped and did splits on poles during the three-day competition in Rio de Janeiro.” The competition, open to men and women alike, has a top prize that can run up to around $30,000. (video)
What Buddhism Really Says About Reincarnation
For Buddhism (as opposed to Hinduism), a better word is rebirth, argues scholar Jay Garfield – and while Buddhism itself doesn’t necessarily require a belief in rebirth, actual Buddhists probably do.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.27.14
It’s A Deal: St. Louis And Basel
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-28
That and an app will get you a cup of coffee
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-04-28
When Prince Philip met the Beatles
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-04-27
Syrian Heritage Officials Plead For Help In Aleppo
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-27
Adrift in Fashionable Fairyland
AJBlog: Dancebeat | Published 2014-04-26
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British Library Unveils Newspaper Reading Room As Print Teeters On The Brink
“The collection’s oldest English-language newspaper title was published in Amsterdam in 1620 and covered news from Italy, Germany and Bohemia.”
We’re Going To Lose Net Neutrality. Now What Do We Do?
“If this is the end of net neutrality as we know it, it is not the end of the line for fair and equitable Internet access. Indeed, the commission’s decision frees Americans to focus on a real long-term solution: supporting open municipal-level fiber networks.”
Bronx Dance Company Hopes To Thrive In New Home
“No other borough refers to itself in that way, talking about movement and culture. We are known in the world as the Boogie Down. When you come to the Bronx, you got to get down, move your body and get funky.”
Rehired At Minnesota, Osmo Vänskä Has To Figure Out How To Rebuild The Depleted Ranks
“With resentment toward Mr. Vanska still simmering among board members over his resignation and subsequent actions, there seemed to be a strong feeling, even among those willing to contemplate his rehiring to begin with, that his powers should be limited: that he should be named principal conductor, perhaps, rather than music director, a title that has considerable administrative duties and social demands.”
Wait, Police Detectives Aren’t Real?
Apparently, this is a problem for some (many) people: “By exaggerating the role and conduct of the police, television crime dramas ‘undermine due process’ and legitimise the ‘maverick’ side of policing.”
How Theatre Franchising Could Work – Or Fail
“Theater practitioners must remind themselves to allow the content of the performance to suit the particular geographic area in which performances take place.”
If You Write A (Heterosexual) Romance Novel, Best Make The Dude A Duke
“In the real world, dukes are thin on the ground: Generally, there are fewer than thirty — but it’s more than rarity that makes dukes so wildly popular: They’re just downright sexy.”
Did The Artistic Director Of Canada’s National Ballet Poach A Superstar From Stuttgart?
The Canadian McKie, “who turned 31 this month, was just a kid when he saw former National Ballet superstar Rex Harrington dance the title role in Onegin. It turned his attention from tap and jazz to ballet, which until then he’d thought of as ‘what the girls at my school did.'”