Sunday, May 01, 2022

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Five Pittsburgh Arts Groups Join Forces to Share a Director for Equity and Inclusion

onStage Pittsburgh: A cohort of five Pittsburgh arts groups has created the Talent & Equity Director position and today announced Fatima Bunafoor as the choice to “advance equity and inclusion practices and facilitate human resource collaboration.”

 

Interview: TDF's Director of Accessibility Lisa Carling on the Importance of Autism-Friendly Performances, and More

www.broadwayworld.com: April is Autism Acceptance Month, and to honor that, BroadwayWorld is highlighting TDF's Accessibility Programs Department. According to the TDF website, TDF Accessibility Programs provides a membership service for theatregoers who are hard of hearing or deaf, have low vision or are blind, who cannot climb stairs or who require aisle seating or wheelchair locations.

 

Decolonizing Flamenco Through Exploring Black Influences

Dance Magazine: What images come to mind on hearing the word “flamenco”? Feet hammering floor; intense gaze; arched spine; proud, almost arrogant posture; fiery performers? Perhaps all the above, but Black bodies probably don’t figure into the picture. Yet African-descended artists are reaching out and embracing flamenco as their own.

 

Theater-Kid TikTok Is Loving New Musical Social-Media Trend

Rolling Stone: No one — not a dictator, not a politician, not a celebrity, not an influencer — is in possession of more power than a high school theater director. For a small community of theater kids, the director is the one person whose approval you crave most in the world, above their parents, friends, and even above God.

 

Brace Yourselves: Inflation & Recession Are Coming To The Events Industry

Endless Events: The whole world is talking about it, including the Brew Crew: inflation and recession are on the horizon – yet again. In certain industries, it has fully arrived. But since the events industry is so interconnected with the rest of the economy, event profs are also starting to feel the effects of rising costs and labor shortages. We cannot help but wonder and worry: are events going to survive?

 

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