Joffrey Ballet Names New Director (Arts Journal)
"Ashley Wheater -- who trained at the Royal Ballet, worked with choreographer Frederick Ashton, was mentored by Rudolf Nureyev, danced with the Joffrey Ballet and has spent the past 18 years with the San Francisco Ballet as a dancer, ballet master and assistant to artistic director Helgi Tomasson -- was formally named the new artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet....more...Gelb Brings The Glam Back To Opera (Arts Journal)
"(F)or a certain type of New Yorker, the type who might view fall as a pearl-strand of grand parties staged on a grand scale, fall officially began last night with the Metropolitan Opera's opening night performance of Gaetano Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' at Lincoln Center....more... Beyond Tang: How The Space Race Influenced Art (Arts Journal)
The space race exercised an influence "on American popular culture and art, from movies and television to architecture and design. ... Deciding which cultural offerings from those post-Sputnik years were deep and lasting and which were probably not (space-age bachelor-pad music? 'The Jetsons'?...more... Dawn Upshaw, Lynn Nottage Among MacArthur Winners (Arts Journal)
"The soprano Dawn Upshaw, the playwright Lynn Nottage, the writer Stuart Dybek and the installation artist Whitfield Lovell are among the 24 recipients of this year's $500,000 'genius awards,' to be announced today by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation."...more... Realist Painter Ken Danby, 67 (Arts Journal)
"Ken Danby, recognized as one of the world's foremost realist artists and best-known in Canada for his iconic hockey painting, At The Crease, has died at the age of 67 while canoeing in Algonquin Park."...more... The Guardian (UK) 09/24/07 (Arts Journal)
So Who Needs An Agent? "The problem is that there are many more writers than the market can bear, and to most publishers writers are about as important as farmers are to Tesco - they know that there is an endless supply of produce....more... Center Stage Dominates LA Theatre Award Nominations (Arts Journal)
Center Stage dominates this year's Ovation Awards. The Pasadena Playhouse's production of 'Can-Can,' with 12 nods, received the most for a single show. Boston Court tied for second with 10 nominations for "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings'."...more... Wagner Granddaughter Makes Her Move On Bayreuth (Arts Journal)
"Katharina Wagner, who made her directorial debut at Bayreuth this summer to mixed reviews, is teaming up with Christian Thielemann, the musical director of the Munich Philharmonic and a respected Wagner conductor."...more... Tabloid news for broadsheet readers | FORUMS (Anorak)
What is most wrong with today's Britain? Loading ... MADDYWATCH - Anorak?s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann. DAILY MIRROR front page: ?McCANNS: WE?LL TAKE LIE TEST.?...more... |