Arts Beat is at it again. This time, it’s sent Times classical music writer Daniel J. Wakin out tailing after The New York Philharmonic, which is on it’s East Asian tour, soon scheduled to land–rather controversially–in North Korea, to much gripe from certain critics. This could be hot, although Wakin’s first entry is mostly full [...]
Always a muse, rarely a maker
I knew something about Alastair Macaulay’s recent piece on “The Master Builders of Ballet’s Future,” struck a familiar chord, but it took a few days for my memory to work it out. I guess I noticed that neither of Macaulay’s candidates for the next big thing in classical ballet choreography (Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky) [...]
Playing Into Vanity
We’re sending a big wet sloppy shout out to James Wolcott for linking our review of Trisha Brown to his blog on Vanity Fair. Woo hoo! C.C. is tres flattered, and happy to know that sharp teeth are still appreciated in this town.
HVD: Untitled
Michael Hart, Featuring Antony & Michelle Mola
“My Bad”
Thanks to Steve Smith for pointing us to Leon Fleisher’s letter in The Washington Post. Fleisher received a Kennedy Center Award in 2007, the acceptance of which seemed to include mandatory attendance at a White House reception with George W. Bush. Basically, Fleisher is like, I oppose Bush’s policies, but I decided to accept the [...]
To Do: Shameless Self Promotion
For those interested, I will be performing at a concert this Sunday at the Mannes College of Music. I will present one movement from my solo piano performance work, SHAPE/SHAME, as well as a collaboration with choreographer Elke Rindfleisch called Screen Test, both of which debuted last fall at Dixon Place. Details are as follows: [...]
PDR: Public Display of Response
The comment sent in by “Rabble” in response to our review of Joanna Newsom: It’s always funny to me when some 30-something year old who once considered himself cool, realizes he’s behind the game. Rather seek to understand a musician or an “indie” music scene from which he has become out of touch, he chooses [...]
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