Performing Arts
365 Days/365 Plays: A Progress Report
Writing a play every day for a whole year — as Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks did in 2004 — is…
Taking Off
The concept behind Sky Orchestra was inspired by a research trip to Tunisia in 2002. I was staying in a…
Mash that funky music
Mash ups, a kind of 21st century ‘mix-tape’, remain popular in the musical world. Underground operators have won legions of…
Fifty Years Young: a Conference Wrap
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) turned fifty last week. They celebrated their golden anniversary at their annual conference…
Travelers voices
We know that one way an ethnic group holds onto its heritage is to preserve its art, even as it…
Guilding Arts Ed
As public schools across the nation discontinue art, music, theatre, and dance programs due to budgetary constrictions, a glimmer of…
Making our mark -- an introduction to dance therapy in Australia
Dance-movement therapy as a formal profession began in the United States in the 1940s, when professional dancers were invited by…
Cultural Diplomacy? Too little too late?
Many pundits have argued that the Bush administration squandered the global goodwill expressed toward the U.S. in the months following…
No young artist left behind?
Should parents have to choose between math and music for their kids? Should we be asking families to study science…
To be or not to be substantially similar
Legal issues over the authorship of directorial, design, and choreographic aspects of a theatrical production have been gaining considerable attention…