Musical Perceptions (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Via Jonathan Bellman , here is a video on a new design of piano that allows the performer to adjust the tuning of each string with the use of sliders. Jonathan talks about the ability to change temperaments for his beloved Chopin. I can see possibilities in performing works by Gann, Young, and others who experiment with new scales. Or microtonal compositions. Or perhaps adding vibrato to a piano sound....
The Observer (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The dance scene is booming right now. So why are male choreographers getting all the attention? Dance has always been seen as the one art form where women weren't just more visible than men, but were also in charge. From the pioneering contemporary choreographer Martha Graham, to the Royal Ballet founder Ninette de Valois, to the late, great Pina Bausch, the list of female names who have been pivotal...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The promotional trailers, to be screened before the theatre's shows at the Peacock Theatre, "will highlight forthcoming productions at both the Peacock and the Sadler's Wells main house, including Jump, Christmas show The Snowman and Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake."...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
"The trailers will highlight forthcoming productions at both the Peacock and the Sadler's Wells main house, including Jump, Christmas show The Snowman and Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake."...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
That would be Adam Cooper, who left a thriving career at the Royal Ballet to play a leather-clad stranger and a ferocious male swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - then went on to co-found the popular/populist Ballet Boyz, appear as grown Billy in Billy Elliott, and be a high-art heartthrob. About that sex symbol nusiness, he says, "It's an act, isn't it?"...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
"The Hard Nut" won with 42 percent of the vote. "Nutcracker: The Motion Picture," based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet production, came in second, with 27 percent. Maurice Béjart's version claimed 16 percent, and the Bolshoi Ballet garnered 11 percent, while Matthew Bourne's "Nutcracker!" and George Balanchine's classic, now having its annual run at New York City...
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