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Michigan Opera Theatre Seeks Digital Media Manager and Storyteller
 Detroit's stalwart of opera and dance is hiring for a new position, the Digital Media Manager and Storyteller. This candidate must articulate Michigan Opera Theatre's vision to its audience, and serve as an ambassador to the city of Detroit, to grow the opera and dance audience. [READ MORE]
 
Faculty Job Openings: USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
 The USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance in Los Angeles, CA invites applications for several full and part-time faculty positions. [READ MORE]
 
Charleston’s Gaillard Center seeks President and CEO
 Home to Spoleto Festival USA and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the President and CEO will guide this elegantly designed performance hall and event space into its next phase of institutional growth and performance excellence. [READ MORE]
 
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Interlochen Center for the Arts – Director – Music Division 
Founded in 1928, Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen) is located in beautiful northwest lower Michigan. Each year, thousands of artists and arts patrons come to Interlochen to experience world-class educational and cultural opportunities. [READ MORE]

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Dean, School of Art – The University of the Arts 
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FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
New York Chauvinism? “Groundbreaking” Show at the Whitney Builds on Dartmouth College’s Lead 

I didn’t disclose my contrarian reaction to the Whitney Museum’s Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art when it opened last February. But now I feel less compunction about tempering the praise lavished by art critics on this exploration of how U.S. modernists were inspired by Mexican painters. – Lee Rosenbaum



“An Act of Empathy” — a Dvořák Radio Documentary 

When PostClassical Ensemble produced an hour-long film about Dvořák and “the American experience of race” last September, we hardly envisioned turning it into a 45-minute public radio special for the holidays. But that’s what happened, thanks to an invitation from Rupert Allman, who produces the nationally distributed radio magazine 1A. – Joseph Horowitz




 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 01/05/2021

DANCE
25 Dancers, Choreographers And Companies To Watch In 2021 
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Dancers Have To Learn New Tricks And Stretch New ‘Muscles’ During The Pandemic 
     - Email/share thisDance Magazine 

BalletX’s New Streaming Platform Starts To Fulfill Its Promise 
     - Email/share thisHarper's Bazaar 

Our Robot Overlords Have Learned To Dance… (Better Than I Can) 
     - Email/share thisThe Verge 

10 Hairy Legs, All-Male Contemporary Dance Company, Goes Out Of Business 
     - Email/share thisNJArts.net 

The Recipe For A Viral TikTok Dance Hit 
     - Email/share thisDance Magazine 

The Masked Dancer? Seriously? Here’s How It Came To Be 
     - Email/share thisVariety 


IDEAS
In Many Countries, Losing Restaurants Means Losing Community
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

It Might Take A Pandemic To Learn To Watch Like A Critic
     - Email/share this  - Glasstire (Texas) 

American Television Simply Can’t Deal With Aging And Death
     - Email/share this  - Baltimore Sun 

2020 – A Year Of Ideas
     - Email/share this  - Fast Company 

We Eat Ourselves To Change (?)
     - Email/share this  - Liberties Journal 

How The Millennial Generation Burned Out
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Review of Books 

What Happens When Independent Machines Make Mistakes (And They Will)?
     - Email/share this  - Harvard Business Review 

Could The Arts Help Unify Our Fractures?
     - Email/share this  - American Purpose 

Understanding The Concept Of Electricity Was Difficult At First
     - Email/share this  - Cabinet 

The Argument Over Who Controls The New Digital Public Squares
     - Email/share this  - National Affairs 


ISSUES
The Institutions That Used To Support Creative Work
     - Email/share this  - The New Republic 

The Acts Of Art And Creativity Censored In 2020
     - Email/share this  - Hyperallergic 

The Fate Of The Media-Puffed, Free-Credit-Flowing, Neoliberal Restaurant After Covid
     - Email/share this  - nplus1 

Tomorrow Is Public Domain Day – Here Is Some Of The Art Of 1925 That’s Now Available
     - Email/share this  - Center for the Study of the Public Domain 

A Woman Comedian Made Jokes About Overconfident Men. No Big Deal? It Was Where She Performs.
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

2020’s Most Powerless People In The Art World
     - Email/share this  - Hyperallergic 

The (Largely Untapped) Potential Of Reaching People With Physical Disabilities
     - Email/share this  - Equal Entry 

How The COVID Relief Bill Will Help Performing Arts Venues
     - Email/share this  - San Francisco Chronicle 

Big Entertainment Versus Big Tech – The COVID Relief Bill And Its Copyright Bomb
     - Email/share this  - Post Alley 

Despite New COVID Outbreak, Sydney Goes Ahead With Indoor Performances
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 


MEDIA
Quibi Didn’t Last, But Its Shows May Move To Roku
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David Fincher Hates Hollywood
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How To Reprise A Role 34 Years Later
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Percentage Of Women Directors Is Slowly Creeping Upward
     - Email/share this  - Variety 

TV Production Stays On Holiday Hiatus In Los Angeles As Covid Numbers Rise And Rise
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Hollywood Had Rules, And In 2020, It Busted Them All
     - Email/share this  - Vulture 

Europe’s Largest Movie Market Saw Business Down By 70% This Year
     - Email/share this  - Variety 

Lamenting All The Wacky, Creative Stuff We’re Losing With The End Of Flash Animation
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Ex-Ticketmaster CEO To Movie Theatres: Time To Reinvent And Here’s How
     - Email/share this  - Deadline 

Is Substack The New Journalism?
     - Email/share this  - The New Yorker 


MUSIC
Lessons For Classical Music After The Lockdown
     - Email/share this  - Boston Globe 

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians Protest Met Tactics
     - Email/share this  - OperaWire 

US Arts Venues Are Finally Getting Some Relief
     - Email/share this  - BBC 

Australia’s National Anthem Gets An Anti-Racist Tweak
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

The Busiest Composer In The Bleakest Year
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

What Mark Swed Learned About Listening This Year
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Important LA Jazz Club Closes For Good
     - Email/share this  - WBGO 

Clever Baritone Works Out Way For Choirs To Sing Together Even Though Everyone’s Safely In Their Own Cars
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

What “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” Teaches Us About Copyright Failings
     - Email/share this  - BBC 

When Boys Were Kidnapped And Forced To Sing
     - Email/share this  - JSTOR Daily 


PEOPLE
IRS: Executors Undervalued Prince’s Estate By $80 Million
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 

Frida Kahlo Has Become An Icon – At The Expense Of Her Art?
     - Email/share this  - The Critic 

John Outterbridge, Sculptor Of Cast-Offs And Inspirational Arts Mentor, 87
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

How A 65-Year-Old Actor Became An Instagram Maven
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Marshall McKay, Who Steered Autry Museum Toward The West’s True Diversity, Has Died Of Covid At 68
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Joan Micklin Silver, Director Of Crossing Delancey, 85
     - Email/share this  - Variety 

Adal Maldonaldo, Photographer Of The Puerto Rican Diaspora, 72
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

Claude Bolling, Jazz And Classical Pianist, 90
     - Email/share this  - Washington Post 

Remembering The Arts And Culture Figures Who Passed In 2020
     - Email/share this  - BBC 

David Medalla, Sculptor Who Created ‘Cloud Canyons’, Dead At 78
     - Email/share this  - ARTnews 


THEATRE
The TikTok Musical That’s Already Earned $1 Million
     - Email/share this  - Washington Post 

The Return Of The (High School) Radio Play
     - Email/share this  - Colorado Public Radio 

Theatremakers Want – And Need – A New New Deal
     - Email/share this  - The Undefeated 

How Jewish Theatre Scrambled And Remade Itself For The Digital Year
     - Email/share this  - Forward 

Hollywood Owes A Lot To Theatre. Should It Find Ways To Give Back?
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

‘Frankenstein’: An Oral History of a Monstrous Broadway Flop, Exactly 40 Years Ago
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

Lamenting A Brave Little Theater And Its Big Shakespeare Cycle, Both Killed By COVID
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

What Stand-Up Comedians Have Learned From Working On Zoom For Nine Months
     - Email/share this  - Vulture 


VISUAL
Congress Passes New Controls On Antiquities In The Defense Authorization Bill
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

Study: Was Stone Henge Built As A Giant Amplifier?
     - Email/share this  - Artnet 

Star Museum Directors Talk The Future Of Museums
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Uncovering – Literally – The Forgotten And Hidden Work Of Italy’s Women Artists
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Painting In Apocalyptic Times
     - Email/share this  - CBC 

A 33-Meter Hillside Vagina Sculpture Is Highlighting Brazil’s Cultural And Political Rifts
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian (UK) 

The Antiquities Trade Is About To Get Reined In
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

The Louis Kahn Dorms Threatened For Destruction In India
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

Why Are England’s Brutalist Buildings Being Destroyed?
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian (UK) 

Creative Commons Is Truly A Great Resource, Until Scammers Pop Up
     - Email/share this  - Hyperallergic 


WORDS
 For Independent Bookstores, The Long 2020 Nightmare Is Not Nearly Over
     - Email/share this  - The Oregonian 

 The Writer Who Wants Readers To Feel Like Voyeurs
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian (UK) 

 The Writer Inspired By The Surrealist
     - Email/share this  - Boston Globe 

 The Law Professor Who Did More Than Dream Of Being A Novelist Later In Life
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

 Where Writing Historical Novels Can Get You Thrown Into Prison For Life
     - Email/share this  - The New Republic 

 A Family At The Heart Of The Hawaiian Language Revival
     - Email/share this  - Smithsonian Magazine 

 U.S. Book Publishers End This Godawful Year In Good Shape
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

 What It Takes To Revive A Dead Language
     - Email/share this  - JSTOR Daily 

 The Death Of Letter-Writing?
     - Email/share this  - Times Literary Supplement 

 The Relationship Between Writing And Drinking
     - Email/share this  - The Atlantic 



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