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Classical music and golf
Golf, like Classical music, is based on a set of immutable rules and stylistic conventions. Haydn and Mozart regarded their procedural rules the same way Tiger Woods, the Beethoven of golf, follows the rules of golf— that is, almost as unconsciously as we regard oxygen.
Wooster Group's "Emperor Jones' (1st review)
A white woman in male black face: Seeing is believing. The Wooster Group’s interpretation bends, slants and renders O’Neill’s emperor more comic than perhaps necessary. But Kate Valk’s virtuosity in the title role is an inspiration.
The Emperor Jones. By Eugene O’Neill. Wooster Group production September 5-9, 2007 at Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St. LiveArts/Philadelphia Fringe Festival, (215) 413-1318 or
The Emperor Jones. By Eugene O’Neill. Wooster Group production September 5-9, 2007 at Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St. LiveArts/Philadelphia Fringe Festival, (215) 413-1318 or
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Wooster Group's "Emperor Jones' (2nd review)
The world has changed since O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones first appeared in 1920. This new production reminds us that we’re still a racist society. OK, but what else is new?
The Emperor Jones. By Eugene O’Neill. Wooster Group production September 5-9, 2007 at Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St. LiveArts/Philadelphia Fringe Festival, (215) 413-1318 or www.livearts-fr
The Emperor Jones. By Eugene O’Neill. Wooster Group production September 5-9, 2007 at Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St. LiveArts/Philadelphia Fringe Festival, (215) 413-1318 or www.livearts-fr
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Artists and criminals
Should a convicted drug dealer be allowed to put on a show about his crime? Performance artist Christian Lisak raised that question with his recent monologue, That’s Why They Don’t Call It a Picnic. Some Philadelphia theater people say yes and others vehemently disagree, but all of their reactions seem to misunderstand what art— not to mention crime— is really all about.
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Merián Soto/Performance Practice at Christ Church
Even with its many engrossing passages, this movement meditation—first tried out a year ago— still looked sketchy rather than contemplative.
“States of Gravity and Light #2” and “Balancing Acts.” Merián Soto/Performance Practice. August 31, 2007 at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. www.pepatian.org/programsMSDP.html.
“States of Gravity and Light #2” and “Balancing Acts.” Merián Soto/Performance Practice. August 31, 2007 at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. www.pepatian.org/programsMSDP.html.
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Pig Iron Theatre's "Isabella' (1st review)
Shakespeare in the nude is certainly not for everybody. But Pig Iron Theatre mines a profund point: Decoration of the body is essentially meaningless to the human condition. This instant dark classic represents what the LiveArts-Philly Fringe Festivals could and should be.
Isabella. Pig Iron Theatre Company production through September 15, 2007 at Ice Box Projects Space, 1400 N. American St. (215) 413-1318or
Isabella. Pig Iron Theatre Company production through September 15, 2007 at Ice Box Projects Space, 1400 N. American St. (215) 413-1318or
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Sonata-form made easy (Part 2)
Can you feel the ground shift? Or: Sonata-form in a nutshell
An elegant little tune from a Haydn Symphony contains in embryonic form all the essential ideas of sonata-form. The trick is learning to hear the same ideas on a time scale ten times as long. Listen closely and you’ll appreciate how a slight shift can send a tune off in an entirely new direction.
Those who can, should
After I’d spent 50 years as a check-depositing writer, it took a chance remark by Yumi Kendall, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s young assistant principal cellist, to convince me once and for all that I hadn’t wasted my life.
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Alan Gilbert: The conductor as leader
Conductors must possess three critical personal qualities. Alan Gilbert, the new music director of the New York Philharmonic, displayed two of them the first time I saw him conduct at Curtis. And that was before I heard him conduct a major symphony.
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'Martin Creed: Feelings' at Bard College
“Martin Creed: Feelings” offers a cunning pastiche of retro styles and genres that conceals a troubling commentary on the state of contemporary art under its surface geniality and wit.
“Martin Creed: Feelings.” Through Sept. 16, 2007, at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. (845) 758-7598 or www.bard.edu/ccs.
“Martin Creed: Feelings.” Through Sept. 16, 2007, at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. (845) 758-7598 or www.bard.edu/ccs.
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