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Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon
Forbidden words
With the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, everyone’s talking about sex, even if they haven’t seen the movie. At the Erotic Literary Salon, writers have been talking about sex for years.
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Composing 'In This Blue Room'
Seagulls are everywhere. But when I see one away from the ocean, I still get this odd thrill, even though I know better. And so that’s why I put jazz chords into my song cycle In This Blue Room.
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Two productions of 'Swan Lake'
The price of a swan
Contrary to what the “experts” say, ballet is neither dead nor dying. It is merely under the sort of spell that can only be broken by love for it.
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Four premieres by Network for New Music
Networking at the Barnes
Network for New Music presented four premieres in a space that invited some of the informality Michael Lawrence advocated in his latest Broad Street Review post.
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'Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama'
Theater as interpersonal encounter and spontaneous experience
This fascinating book about psychodrama founder J.L. Moreno written by his son, Penn professor Jonathan D. Moreno, covers many aspects of 20th-century life and thought, including improvisational theater. Although the book bears a great deal on the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and self-help/personal growth, this review highlights Moreno’s contributions to theater and dramaturgy.
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Anti-Putin protests at the Metropolitan Opera: a response
Making a fuss at the opera
If it’s not okay to shout “fire” in a crowded theater, why is it okay to shout anything else that has nothing to do with the show?
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Ticciati and Spano conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra
Debussy and his devotees
While the cat’s away the mice will play — Debussy, in this case. Guest conductors during two weeks programmed three compositions by Claude Debussy and two that were influenced by him.
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Leonard Nimoy: An appreciation
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know Spock. And with his legacy of films and TV, Spock and Nimoy will live on, into the 23rd century and beyond.
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Barbara Kasten: Stages at the Institute of Contemporary Art
Landscapes of imagination
Barbara Kasten’s art looks like nothing in particular, so there is always something new to see in it. Interpretation is a matter of who’s looking and when. Her photographs are a Rorschach test, a mirror suspended between artist and viewer, ambiguous and probing.
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Exhibiting art in prisons
What the warden doesn’t know
When I seek to exhibit my art in prisons, my intention is to exhibit with the same approach as with any venue: Put up my work without the expectation that it will be a “good thing” for the viewer. Instead, let my art be judged as it will be judged.
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