A very special treat today. The grandfather of one of C.C.’s admirers, Michael Hart, took this photograph of Marylin Monroe when she performed for U.S. troops in 1954. Performance has long been used as both a salve for homesick American troops abroad, as well as, like this week in what is now North Korea, diplomatic [...]
Chez Bushwick Presents
FORCE MAJEURE: New Dance From Vienna
STATE OF MINE
Choreography & Performance: Andrea Maurer
Photo & Film: Thomas Brandstaetter
Location:
Chez Bushwick
304 Boerum St., Buzzer #11
Brooklyn, NY 11206
http://chezbushwick.net/events.html
Saturday, December 15th 7:30pm
Reservations Required: (Limited Seating)
info@chezbushwick.net
Admission Is FREE Upon Reservation
Hey, I’m not the only tennis freak-show in town!
Mostly Movies will sympathize…
I found this article by Paul Ben-Itzak on danceinsider.com.
It’s clear that fashions change with the tide, and we’re certainly going through one of the more dangerous eras of taste when it comes to body-image (See this Gawker post about an appalling–and quite recent–piece from the Times Style section).
I find it complicating to correlate body [...]
Critics have to make grand gestures. It’s a way of intoning authority. It is also a rhetorical necessity in order to justify the subject, meaning: The critic attempts to substantiate why what they choose to write about is important. This usually surfaces as an effort to distinguish the subject—be it an artist or an artist’s [...]
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