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Two years ago the National Arts Centre decided to add a company devoted to indigenous theatre to its french and english theatres. But the Canadian government has turned down a $3.5 million f…
Why? "I'm not eager to write poetry criticism right now because the current scene strikes me as pretty unchallenging vis-a-vis, say, fiction or documentary. It's just not a great moment for …
Protests over the sources of money that funds them. Calls for repatriation of plundered artifacts. Demands for cultural diversity and inclusion. Running a museum these days is a never-ending…
Canada is our stage.
Those four words inform everything we do as a catalyst for performance, creation and learning across this great land. We are proud to be a home for many of Canada's most…
Streaming revenue grew by 34.0% and accounted for almost half (47%) of global revenue, powered by a 32.9% increase in paid subscription streaming, according to the report. There were 255 mil…
Traditionally, what people get through mass production is something designed for an abstraction of an ideal male body. Customarily, those whose bodies did not fit the standard, who were not …
"In this play, we learn something so important: decency. In our country right now there's a craving for decency, and this play is about that," Pelosi said at an event at the Library of Congr…
Why? "We process information in two different styles: we have a very rapid, intuitive style and a more analytical and considered style. Behavioral economists have studied this, and they find…
The tendency to supplement communication with motion is universal, though the nuances of delivery vary slightly. In Papua New Guinea, for instance, people point with their noses and heads, w…
Frankly, we're still dubious, but here's a claim by an expert: "Today, thanks to digital art, we have the opportunity to make art truly democratic, which meets both a real economic demand an…
By some estimates, about 90 percent of choreographers at major companies are male. Even though ballerinas have been the focal point of dance. Now though, there seems to be a new generation o…
And some of them are earning $100,000 a month. In the Amazon self-publishing universe where authors earn a share of revenue based on how many people are reading, scammers have so gamed the s…
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"The British Museum is currently facing repatriation demands from Italy, Greece, Egypt and the Easter Island; the idea that it is a better host to the Parthenon Marbles than Athens' state-of…
The 92nd Street Y invites applications and nominations for this important leadership position. The Director of Dance is responsible for the strategic vision and execution of all programs of …
Children's Theatre Company (CTC), one of the nation's top 20 regional theatres and the country's flagship theatre for multigenerational audiences, seeks a new Director of Marketing and Commu…
"Everything is in confusion," sings Fra Melitone. That was also true for the world outside of the opera house during Brexit week. As many have commented, English political life is hurtling "…
London has one of the most vibrant cultural scenes in the world. So why does it need a new plan for cultural infrastructure? For the same reason cities need to plan for any other services or…
The musical was groundbreaking for its time (for many reasons), and portrayed an optimistic version of America. A new production startles Rich into a reevaluation and the discovery of its da…
In 2019, the ways in which music is borrowed is more subversive. That's because the job of a pop star is different than what it used to be. Once, you were expected to craft and curate your o…
Tuitions have soared. Student debt is unsustainable. Meanwhile, more and more of the actual teaching is delivered by adjunct faculty who are woefully underpaid, have little or no job securit…
Joseph Horowitz looks at American composers of the early 20th Century and their attempts to forge a unique language for American music. " Raritan Quarterly
Of course, in your traditional theatre experience, you go to listen to the performers. But just as audiences have been joining in for showings of Rocky Picture Horror and Sound of Music, the…
So what makes a good literary hoax? Well the world needs to be sucked into believing it of course. And that means of course that you don't know the fraud until the deception has been reveale…
In Los Angeles, we're spoiled by the breadth and quality of our dining options. In addition to outstanding year-round produce, I can get great huaraches, refreshing mul naengmyeon and impecc…