Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
The Slovak National Dance Congress 2014 recently asked me to speak about the state of New York City dance. Since I’ve been living in New York City on and off since 1979, I felt up to the task. In the following slides (which have been converted into a movie), I tease out the changes that have occurred for New York City concert dancers following 9/11. What I found most striking (and dismaying) in my research was that the U.S. capital of Terpsichore is increasingly recognizing dancers and dance organizations not as the obvious—as artists and art groups—but as brands for luxury consumption.
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Tags: 9/11, Dance/NYC, David H. Koch, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, nea, New York City, New York City Ballet, Newsies, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Rachel Straus, Stephen Petronio, Trisha Brown, Vacheron Constantin
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: I have been working for the past five years as an assistant in the admissions office of an American conservatory. I would like to embark on a new direction – perhaps artist management or artistic administration at an orchestra. I know some people […]
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Tags: american conservatory, artist management, askedna, Edna Landau, musicalamerica, nea
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to express my gratitude to Publisher Stephanie Challener for her invitation to write this blog on the Musical America website, to the News Editor of MusicalAmerica.com, Susan Elliott, for her encouragement, and to the NEA Institute on Classical Music & Opera at the Journalism School at […]
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Tags: columbia university, janice mayer, journalism school, journey of a thousand miles, musical america, nea, starfish
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