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Hungary's government plans to tighten control over theaters
Reuters: According to draft legislation seen by Reuters on Friday, the government would set up a National Cultural Council, headed by a minister, with the task of “setting priorities and directions to be followed in Hungarian culture”.
The minister would also have a say in the appointment or sacking of theater directors at institutions that are jointly financed by the state and municipality.
How Can We Confront Implicit Bias? The Director of Jacob's Pillow Shares Her Ideas
Dance Magazine: At Jacob's Pillow's June gala, something happened that outraged me: A patron who identifies as black/biracial felt a white man seated behind her touch her tightly coiled hair. When she ignored him, he audibly complained that her hair would block his view of the stage. At dinner, the patron was further subjected to a series of objectifying questions. "What are you?" asked the white woman sitting next to her. Not "who are you," but a dehumanizing "what." "Who was black? Was it your mother or your father? What do your children look like?"
I Am a Black Dancer Who Was Dressed Up in Blackface to Perform in La Bayadère
Dance Magazine: On Instagram this week, Misty Copeland reposted a picture of two Russian ballerinas covered head to toe in black, exposing the Bolshoi's practice of using blackface in the classical ballet La Bayadère. The post has already received over 60,000 likes and 2,000 comments, starting a long overdue conversation.
Why Don't More Women Wear My Dress Size on Broadway?
Theatre Development Fund – TDF: As a musical-loving teen, I spent countless hours imagining myself as my favorite Broadway heroines. But my fantasies evaporated whenever I looked in the mirror. I'd never seen a Christine in The Phantom of the Opera or a Belle in Beauty and the Beast or an Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady who was bigger than a size two, and I was hovering around a 10. As a young theatre fan, I wanted desperately to fit the picture of the strong female lead—so much so that it fed the feelings of insecurity and inadequacy that triggered my anorexia.
'Beetlejuice' brings attention to Broadway's stop clause
Broadway News: The stop clause has been part of Broadway for more than a century.
The clause, which enables theater owners to evict a show if grosses fall below an agreed upon level for two consecutive weeks, is back in the news after “Beetlejuice” was told it needs to leave its theater in June. The musical had hit its stop clause last June and in October received formal notice of eviction, as the Winter Garden Theatre reportedly prepares to welcome “The Music Man.”
Who Designs and Directs in LORT Theatres by Pronoun: 2019
HowlRound Theatre Commons: It’s the fifth year of this study! Are we getting closer to gender parity in design in LORT theatres?
The short answer is yes, albeit very slowly and with a good chunk of caveats. Over the six seasons, the percentage of she designers in positions increased 6.0 percent overall to 33.0 percent. Individual disciplines varied. In lighting and projection/video, the percentage of she designers in positions more than doubled. But the percentage of she designers in sound design positions only went up by 0.3 percent.
How 200 historic Hollywood backdrops were saved from the dumpster
Los Angeles Times: On top of a hill in Valencia, where the wind blows most days, the buildings are big, new and absolutely nonforthcoming. They could house anything — a doctor’s office, a car dealership, a secret government agency. Inside one, against the back wall, lies a pile of large equally nondescript pieces of canvas. Most are long and tied up with string; some have been folded into thick squares and stacked. They could be anything — enormous window treatments or very thin floor coverings.
Some Small Dance Companies Don't Have HR. So What Do You Do If Something Happens?
Dance Magazine: When Evan Supple joined a small but internationally renowned ballet company in 2016, he was told that it was like a family. Dancers shared ownership of the work and rehearsal process and were close with the artistic director. But when Supple reported abuse he says he witnessed at a children's rehearsal and was subsequently fired, he was forced to reckon with a much more hostile reality.
These Immersive Moments—The 2010's in Review
No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive: Somehow, I’ve spent nearly a decade following immersive art & entertainment. It began as a tiny spark on the outskirts of Chelsea, a pinpoint of heat that fanned into bigger and bigger flames. I’ve traveled up and down the East Coast, looking for pockets of immersive. I’ve re-routed road trips through St. Louis to see City Museum and Santa Fe to see Meow Wolf. And as a critic, I’m always looking for that indescribable, otherworldly, and transcendent moment: the very thing which makes up what we sometimes call capital “I” immersive. And the pursuit — quite literally — has changed my life.
If Culture Sector Employers Want Equality, Post Salary and Benefits With Job Descriptions
hyperallergic.com: Salary transparency isn’t always sexy. But it’s of fundamental importance to achieving greater equity in arts institutions. Now that the pay and benefits of current art and museum employees are online and easily accessible on the Salary Transparency Spreadsheet — and the cause and effects of wage suppression have been underlined by the Unpaid Internship Spreadsheet — there’s a logical next step
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