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Eyebrow Raisers
Via minnpost.com
May 19
The Walker’s just-announced 2012-13 Performing Arts Season is “like the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book,” writes Pamela Espeland. “You turn the pages, you see a lot of things you want and a few eyebrow-raisers.”
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Theater Hacking
Via guardian.co.uk
May 11
Dubbing it “theatre hacking,” Olivier Choinière’s recent project is raising ire in Montreal: He gave MP3 files to audience members at a Moliere play at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, treating them to his wry running commentary on the remounting of classic works.
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Driving Toward Summer
Via washingtonpost.com
May 4
Eiko and Koma’s trademark meditative pace will be part of the Caravan Project at Maryland’s Clarice Smith Center, but the work’s conclusion sets it apart: performed in a trailer, the duo will hop in a car and drive away, “looking toward summer,” as Eiko says.
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Art & Revolution
Via art21.org
Apr 24
In the Arab Spring, “art, music and performance fueled revolution by giving the disenfranchised—the outsiders, the rebels, the refugees, the critics—a second draft to rewrite their country’s cultural memory,” Safa Samiezade’-Yazd writes.
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Duke Artists Named
Via ddpaa.org
Apr 19
Among the first class of Doris Duke Artists, who’ll receive multi-year cash grants of $225,000, are Walker friends Anne Bogart, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Young Jean Lee, Eiko Otake, Ralph Lemon, Meredith Monk, Sarah Michelson, and others.
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Arts Rebound
Via artsusa.org
Apr 11
After hitting an all-time low in 2009, the vitality of the arts industry, as measured by the newest National Arts Index, is rebounding. While funding remains a concern, “half of the 83 indicators used to tabulate the Index score increased” in the latest reporting period.
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Arts Ed Alert
Via ed.gov
Apr 3
Arts education in US public schools has taken a hit over the past decade, according to a Department of Education report released Monday: While 20 percent of primary and secondary schools offered drama or dance 10 years ago, only 3 or 4 percent do today.
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Plan-It Hennepin
Via downtownjournal.com
Mar 27
The Plan-It Hennepin initiative exploring ways to reimagine Hennepin Avenue from the Walker to the riverfront has a twist: it aims to let arts and community groups lead the charge. The four-part Talk-It Hennepin lecture series should get the discussion going.
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Passings: John Cowles Jr.
Via startribune.com
Mar 18
Philanthropist and former Star Tribune publisher John Cowles Jr. passed away Saturday at age 82. Known for bringing Tyrone Guthrie to Minneapolis, his generosity, with his wife Sage, helped create the Walker’s Cowles Conservatory.