Tag: 01.06.21
The Double Whammy Of Brexit And Covid On Britain’s Touring Musicians
This isn't great, since each musician needs rather a lot of paperwork - and it's possible, though unclear, that their instruments may need a...
The Royal Shakespeare Company Attempts A Return Of A Midsummer Night’s Sax Comedy
Swinging the Dream, a 1939 musical that flopped after 13 performances despite (or because of?) having a cast of 150 and three bands. It's...
Operas Have Tried Everything During The Pandemic, Including Opera-By-Mail
And that's actually been great. For instance, once an opera in L.A. might have reached a thousand people in a sold-out night; during the...
Yes, Things Might Look Up, But It Will Be A Long Slow Recovery For...
For a broad chunk of the population, turning off that switch might not be as simple as being told it is okay to do...
Why Are A Bunch Of Teens Convinced That Helen Keller Wasn’t Deaf-Blind?
Blame TikTok and the pathologies of social media in the age of fake news. A couple of (so-called) satirical videos were posted last year...
What Dallas Black Dance Theatre Learned About Virtual Performance And Charging For It
Dallas Black Dance Theatre envisions and is now developing a full complement of virtual activities. These include conservatory-level dance training at the same professional...
We’ve Become Much Nicer At Waging War
We have, in fact, become nicer and less violent as individuals. We may have domesticated ourselves by our choice of mates and by breeding...
What Does It Actually Mean To Live In The Now?
The singularity of the now might appear to be a deep and profound insight. It’s the springboard for various more practical strategies for achieving...
Connecting Learning Music With Medical Workers
In a six-week pilot collaboration between New England Conservatory and Massachusetts General Hospital this fall, the Boston Hope Music Teaching Project connected teaching fellows...
Record Streaming Music In 2020
The year 2020 ended up setting a streaming record in America, increasing 17% for the year to end with an unprecedented 872.6 billion streams....
The Dance Of Everyday Life
“The way we move has changed in the past year, indoor spaces seeming claustrophobic and our outdoor spaces not vast enough, backyards and gardens...
Claim: Our Music Theory Education Is Racist
"When we restrict ourselves to Western art music, we forgo the opportunity to speak about basic yet essential musical elements such as groove, timbre,...
The Ballet World In Degas’s Paintings Was A Mean, Sordid Place
"In Paris, its success was almost entirely predicated on lecherous social contracts. Sex work was a part of a ballerina's reality, and the city's...
‘One Of Last Great Shared Texts In Our Culture’ (And It’s A 70-Year-Old Comic...
"In a highly polarized culture … the most recent and arguably final example of a great American work of art loved broadly and...
How To Use Boredom To Your Benefit
Technology might have moved on, but the role of boredom in motivating change is no different for us in the 21st century. Yet not...
What New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules Will Mean For The U.S. Art And Antiquities Market
One of the provisions added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 makes antiquities dealers subject to the Bank Secrecy Act. One of...
How Pete Docter Is Healing Pixar After #MeToo And #TimesUp
Things might have seemed iffy for the multibillion-dollar animation powerhouse after its founding creative director, John Lasseter, abruptly left in 2017 amid allegations of...
‘Obscenities, Inanities And Treason’: A Critic On The Riot At The U.S. Capitol
Philip Kennicott: "The whole drama, the body language, the flags and the onslaught, was borrowed from other dramas — genuine displays of revolutionary fervor...
After 40 Years Leading San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson To Step Down
Since being named to the position in 1985, Tomasson, 78, has been hailed for his success at combining excellence in the classical ballet repertoire...
Getting the Question(s) Right
As a blogger, I think I’m supposed to begin the New Year with reflections and projections. But the traumas of 2020 are still too...