Fame or Famine

Via ArtsJournal, I found this neat column written by a librettist currently working on a new opera. I found his remarks about the creative process fascinating – like hearing the DVD commentary before the movie’s even made:

"…I was feeling a bit nervous when I knocked on the door of his Upper West Side studio, and I nearly jumped out of my skin when he put a sheaf of rough pencil sketches on the music rack of his piano. Would I like the way they sounded? Would he be open to criticism? Would I be open to it?
I’m delighted to say …read more

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…have been the EQLateral Ensemble. Just listen (and watch; their stage presence is fantastic).

Tags: eqlateral, improvisation, music, strings

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I’m excited about this upcoming event–even though I’m not really a raver, per se, I love electronic music especially when it’s performed live. Apple is using it to help promote its Quicktime platform, which is hands-down the most useful online video tool with the possible exception of Youtube. When I was originally involved in dance telematics in college, I used Quicktime streaming like this to collaborate with people all over the world.
In my quest to become more acquainted with the whole "Dancing with the Stars" phenomenon I happened across a very useful fansite: Reality News Online . Aside from catching …read more

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Tags: apollinaire scherr, dance, monique coleman, dancing with the starsAdmittedly, I could be talking about Tucker Carlson’s performance in the last "Dancing with the Stars", but no, actually I’m talking about a great article from the nascent blog of Apollinaire Scherr.
Her article is mainly about people like me, who try to find a coherent language and framework to cover and critique a genre as ludicrously huge as "Performing Arts". It can range from the aforementioned right-wing but left-footed pundit through the Butoh Rockettes and on into using cars as musical instruments.

Critics don’t have to agree that every goal is fine–that’s …read more

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