On Sept 25 #MaestroMuti visited the Illinois Youth Center in Chicago to share classical music with the young men. pic.twitter.com/w6qqxZ59Sz — Chicago Symphony (@chicagosymphony) September 29, 2016 Riccardo Muti, Joyce DiDonato and Eric Owens, together with musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, gave a concert at Illinois Youth Center-Chicago last Sunday. For Muti … [Read more...] about Riccardo Muti, Joyce DiDonato and Eric Owens perform for Chicago’s young offenders
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Giuseppe Picone is appointed head of the Naples ballet company
Giuseppe Picone has been appointed the new Director of the Ballet Company of the prestigious Teatro San Carlo in Naples. A panel consisting of Anna Razzi, Mauricio Weinrot and Eric Vu-An chose Picone who, by elegant coincidence, was born in Naples. A homecoming. 40-year-old Picone seems precisely at the right point in his career to assume such a position after his years as … [Read more...] about Giuseppe Picone is appointed head of the Naples ballet company
ENB’s Emerging Dancer competition to be streamed live on 17 May
The English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition at the London Palladium, now in its seventh year, will this year be live streamed for the first time. The broadcast will be in partnership with ArtStreamingTV on Tuesday 17 May 2016. It will be possible to watch the full programme of performances, as well as interviews from some of the artists involved and additional … [Read more...] about ENB’s Emerging Dancer competition to be streamed live on 17 May
Osipova, McRae and Watson in Marriott’s new Royal Ballet work Connectome
Alastair Marriott’s new work Connectome gets its world première as the centrepiece of the final programme of the Royal Ballet Season. It is sandwiched between two light-hearted classics: Ashton’s The Dream and Robbin’s The Concert. Connectome is Marriott’s first commission for The Royal Ballet since Trespass, part of Monica Mason's farewell project Titian 2012. The name of … [Read more...] about Osipova, McRae and Watson in Marriott’s new Royal Ballet work Connectome
Verbling.com connects language learners with native speakers
Verbling is a web-based platform where individuals can pair up with native speakers to practice speaking new languages on live video, reports Mashable. Verbling was launched in 2011 when co-founders Jacob Jolis and Mikael Bernstein met while attending Stanford University. The two dropped out of the prestigious school and teamed up with then-Google software engineer Fred … [Read more...] about Verbling.com connects language learners with native speakers
UNESCO agrees to help Italy restore Pompeii
The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO and the Italian government have agreed to join forces to restore rain-damaged Pompeii. UNESCO said it would work with Italy over the next nine months to rebuild villas and other parts of the famed Roman site that have collapsed over the last year. Under the deal, UNESCO will provide expert advice to the Italian government on how to … [Read more...] about UNESCO agrees to help Italy restore Pompeii
David I. Mitchell – designer of Barnum, Annie & La Cage aux Folles – dies at 79
David I. Mitchell, who did the scenic design for more than 30 Broadway shows, was nominated for seven Tony Awards and won two, died of cancer on yesterday, October 3, in Los Angeles. He was 79. His Tony-nominated shows were "Barnum", "Annie", "Trelawny of the Wells", "Working", "Can-Can", "Foxfire" and "The Boys of Winter". Other Broadway work included "La Cage aux Folles" … [Read more...] about David I. Mitchell – designer of Barnum, Annie & La Cage aux Folles – dies at 79
Madonna considers becoming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new neighbour in Verona
Madonna is eyeing a house in the northern Italian city of Verona, local sources said Tuesday. "I confirm the American pop star's interest but I cannot add anything else," said Milan realtor Alessandro Proto, known for selling a villa to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Valpolicella, near Verona, and a penthouse outside Turin to Leonardo DiCaprio. The oak-beamed, fully … [Read more...] about Madonna considers becoming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new neighbour in Verona
Extreme Leanness – the Royal Ballet’s Deborah Bull and the damage of dieting
Deborah Bull, ex-Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet and now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House, has written a book, The Everyday Dancer, which is to be published October 6. The publisher's blurb says, The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured around the daily … [Read more...] about Extreme Leanness – the Royal Ballet’s Deborah Bull and the damage of dieting
Italy’s first openly lesbian MP gets married… abroad
Italy's first openly lesbian MP, Paola Concia, married in Frankfurt Friday, the first time an Italian politician has married someone of the same sex. Concia, gay spokesperson for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), exchanged vows with Ricarda Trautmann, a criminologist from Cologne, Germany. Concia said she would have tied the knot "sooner" but a "pile" of documents from her … [Read more...] about Italy’s first openly lesbian MP gets married… abroad