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• Development Manager / Chineke! Foundation / London / Isleworth

  07-02-2020 23:49
  The Chineke! Foundation is seeking a committed and self-motivated Development Manager to increase Chineke!’s funding from all sources, including Trusts and Foundations, Arts Council England,...
  
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• Montreal Has Two Major Orchestras Led By Star Conductors. And They’re Thriving

  07-02-2020 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nowhere else in North America can you find two symphony orchestras (asopposed to chamber orchestras) with touring schedules and substantialdiscographies led by conductors of international repute. Both enjoygovernment and corporate support. And if they attract differentaudiences, this dynamic can be taken as complementary rather thanadversarial. – Montreal Gazette
  
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• Do What You Love? There’s A Dark Side To That Idea

  07-02-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nothing exemplifies the promises and perils of self-actualised work better than the cultural conversations around ‘do what you love’. The injunction to ‘do what you love’ has had no shortage of critics, who point out its classist nature, advocate for a clearer delineation between work and life, and remind us that burnout might just be the flipside of self-actualised work. Not all agree that work should be a calling or that we should devote ourselves wholly to work. &ndas
  
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• Why Some Artists Are Participating In Saudi Arabia’s DesertX

  07-02-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi at the purported directionof crown prince Mohammad bin Salman in 2018 led several prominent boardmembers to withdraw from the government-backed event. Now, theparticipants who remain are left wondering whether the world will beable to see through the shadow of the crime to the art. – Artnet
  
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• How Cleveland Ballet’s Partnership With A Local Hospital Works

  07-02-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “How is their pelvis shifting? How is their back moving? Is theirfoot collapsing in as they’re plieing? Is their weight over as they jumponto one foot?” They’re finding points of weaknesses before they turn into problems. – News 5 Cleveland
  
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• Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Plans To Be A National Leader

  07-02-2020 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New OSF director Nataki Garrett has big plans. In the next few years, she plans to push technology-driven initiatives,like the launch of a digital archive and an OSF app. She’s alsodeveloping a residency for artists across different mediums as well asforging an alliance of West Coast theatres. As she marches toward herone-year anniversary, Garrett continues to think about OSF’s expansionand catalyzing larger shifts in the American theatre.– Playbill
  
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• How Greenland Developed A National Theatre Company

  07-02-2020 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Theatre of Greenland stages three to five productions per year, adapting material ranging from traditional lore to contemporary Greenlandic literature to Shakespeare, at its home in the capital and on tour all over an island the size of Western Europe, most of whose towns and villages have no roads in and out. – The Stage
  
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• Phil Kennicott’s Ruminations On The Power Of Music Amidst Grief

  07-02-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “When grief loosens its hold, you return to the world you once knew, onlyto find it transformed by the thing that is missing; when, at the endof the Goldberg Variations, Bach repeats the aria with which itbegan, it is utterly transfigured. It is like the river in which one cannever step foot twice, and Bach seems to say: ‘You’ve never heard thisthing you think you know so well’.” – Van
  
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• Should The Classical Music World Just Cancel The 19th Century?

  07-02-2020 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Musicologist Doug Shadle introduces his new blog/newsletter by suggesting that both the professional concert ecosystem and conservatory education can’t modernize, as everyone seems to think they should, because of “nineteenth-century elitism designed to exclude and punish rather than help students thrive. These values are so pervasive that we often can’t see them for what they are.” – The Classical Alternative
  
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• Disney’s “Hamilton” Movie Strategy: A Lucrative New Franchise

  07-02-2020 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The modern retelling of founding father Alexander Hamilton’s life is afull-blown cultural phenomenon, one that has rolled out like awell-planned military campaign. The target? The hearts and minds ofAmerica, and the world, as part of that thing every studio executivewants: hilariously lucrative branded IP. – IndieWire
  
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• Drama Graduate Assistant / Warwick School / West Midlands

  07-02-2020 19:06
  An enthusiastic and hardworking Drama Assistant is required from September 2020 at Warwick School. The position offers the opportunity to experience life in a busy and successful drama department....
  
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• When Dorothy Parker Got Fired From Vanity Fair

  07-02-2020 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  She had been the magazine’s theatre critic for less than two years, and in trouble with her editor for much of that time, when one column enraged both David Belasco and Florenz Ziegfeld so much that libel suits were threatened. Her dismissal became a minor cause célèbre in the press, made her famous enough to maintain a freelance career ever after, and launched the Algonquin Round Table on the road to renown. – The Public Domain Review
  
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• Largest Monochrome Exhibit of Self-taught, Disabled & Outsider Art / Jennifer Lauren Gallery / London

  07-02-2020 18:52
  Monochromatic Minds: Lines of Revelation is the largest ever exhibition of self-taught, disabled and outsider artists from around the world, featuring black and white art through a variety of mediums...
  
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• Inside The Trump Administration’s Populist Campaign To Change Federal Architecture

  07-02-2020 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If adopted, the executive order would be the most significant attemptyet to insert the new politics of populism into the world of art,aesthetics and design. – Washington Post
  
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• Gallery Technician / The Brick Lane Gallery / London

  07-02-2020 18:24
  Primary role and responsibilities includeExpert handling of fine art objects (including but not limited to):Collections/deliveries: ability to safely load/unload a fine art vehicle and keep...
  
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• Audition for Male and Female Dancers / Company Wayne McGregor / London

  07-02-2020 18:12
  Wayne McGregor is seeking male and female dancers with strong classical and contemporary technique for freelance contracts with Company Wayne McGregor commencing in June 2020. 
  To apply, please...
  
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• Banksy Is Brilliant At Manipulating The Media And Art Market. But Is He A Brilliant Artist?

  07-02-2020 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The one part of the art world that has seemed resistant to him is the ultimate conferrer of status: museums. Will he be remembered as an important artistic figure? And if so, will that be as a painter, an activist, or a Duchamp-like “conceptual prankster”? – The New York Times
  
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• HR Administrator / Royal Opera House / London / Covent Garden

  07-02-2020 18:00
  £23,000pa, full-time (40hours pw)Permanent
  The Royal Opera House want many more people to enjoy and engage in exceptional ballet and opera. We have a diverse team of 1000+ employees -  in...
  
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• Head Chef / Lyric Hammersmith Theater / London

  07-02-2020 17:55
  The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in West London is looking for an ambitious and creative Head Chef to lead the catering team. With its Bar & Grill, Café and Events catering, the Lyric offers...
  
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• TV Acting Tutors - Leeds / ActUpNorth / Yorkshire

  07-02-2020 17:48
  ActUpNorth first opened its doors in Leeds in 2009 with just 20 students. Over 10 years later we have grown to be one of the largest and most succesful part-time actor training programmes outside...
  
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• TV Acting Tutors - Liverpool and Manchester / ActUpNorth / North West / Liverpool

  07-02-2020 17:47
  ActUpNorth first opened its doors in Leeds in 2009 with just 20 students. Over 10 years later we have grown to be one of the largest and most successful part-time actor training programmes outside...
  
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• Volunteer at the Yorkshire Festival of Story / Settle Stories / Yorkshire / North East

  07-02-2020 17:36
  Volunteering at the Yorkshire Festival of Story is a great way to see brilliant art and storytelling for free and a fun way to meet new people.  The festival takes place in one of the UK's most...
  
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• Marketing and Communications Manager / Mountview / London

  07-02-2020 17:36
  Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools. We offer professional vocational training at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in performance and production arts, alongside...
  
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• Fundraising Officer / Arts Emergency / London

  07-02-2020 17:34
  We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundraising Officer to join our dynamic team and work closely with the Fundraising Manager to look after our donors and help take our work national.
  This role...
  
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• An Atlantic Reporter Enters The Trump News Universe… And Finds Himself Questioning Reality

  07-02-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I was surprised by the effect it had on me. I’d assumed that myskepticism and media literacy would inoculate me against suchdistortions. But I soon found myself reflexively questioning everyheadline. It wasn’t that I believed Trump and his boosters were tellingthe truth. It was that, in this state of heightened suspicion, truthitself—about Ukraine, impeachment, or anything else—felt more and moredifficult to locate. With each swipe, the notion of observable realit
  
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• Textiles Workshop Assistant / Creative Youth Network / South West / Bristol

  07-02-2020 17:26
  We are looking to recruit someone with a passion for working with young people in the arts to assist the delivery of the Craft & Textiles course for 11 – 16 year olds.
  The applicant must...
  
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• Participation Manager / Arcola Theatre / London

  07-02-2020 17:17
  Arcola aims to be a theatre involving and inspiring everyone in our diverse community. In the heart of East London, we stage a wide range of socially-engaged, local and international...
  
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• Bars Supervisor / Liverpool Empire / North West

  07-02-2020 17:14
  The Liverpool Empire Theatre requires a Bar Supervisor to assist the Customer Experience Management team in the running of all of the bar operations during performance and event times.
  Every night...
  
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• Marketing Assistant / FESTIVAL.ORG / London / Greenwich

  07-02-2020 17:06
  FESTIVAL.ORG are looking for a creative and pro-active Marketing Assistant to work alongside the festival team on GDIF 2020.
  Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s...
  
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• The Strange Superstitions And Pre-Show Rituals Of Ballet Dancers

  07-02-2020 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some of them are sweet and sentimental, but they can be every bit as weird as those of actors and athletes. Sarah Kaufman talks to a dozen or so dancers from several companies about what they do and why. – The Washington Post
  
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• Volunteer Coordinator / FESTIVAL.ORG / London / Greenwich

  07-02-2020 17:02
  FESTIVAL.ORG are looking for an organised, enthusiastic and personable Volunteer Coordinator to lead on the recruitment and coordination of our diverse volunteer team for GDIF. The Volunteer...
  
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• Producer / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:44
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/
  The principal responsibility of the Producer is to line-produce selected new commissions or events for MIF/ The Factory....
  
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• HR Manager / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:42
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/ 
  To provide a comprehensive service to managers and employees, and to drive both HR operations and the delivery of...
  
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• Executive Assistant / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:38
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/
  The Executive Assistant will support the Executive team by consistently providing excellent and pro-active executive support...
  
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• Venue Administrator / Leas Cliff Hall / South East

  07-02-2020 16:37
  Leas Cliff Hall are looking for an experienced administrator to ensure the smooth running of the office in our high profile Kent based venue.Leas Cliff Hall are looking for an experienced...
  
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• Environmental Sustainability Manager / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:36
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/
  This is a new role within the organisation to help us drive forward our ambitions around becoming a world-leader in...
  
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• "Towards a Greener Carnival" Conference / Carnival Network South / South West / South East; London

  07-02-2020 16:35
  Friday 13th & Saturday 14th March, Malcom X Community Centre, St Pauls, Bristol.
  Join us for a lively and topical conference looking at how we, as carnival artists, producers and event managers,...
  
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• Listenership Of BBC’s Classical Music Station Up By 16%, Tying Its All-Time Record

  07-02-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The classical music station Radio 3 has recorded its joint highest audience share since records began, as listeners weary of politics take refuge in Brahms and Bach. The BBC station reached 2.13 million listeners a week in the last quarter, up 16 per cent on the same period for the previous year.” – The Times (UK)
  
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• Administrator / Garsington Opera Ltd / South East

  07-02-2020 16:30
  Garsington Opera is seeking a highly effective administrator to join our office team. We are looking for an efficient, personable administrator with excellent secretarial and communication skills to...
  
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• Content Editor / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:29
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/
  £25,000 per annum
  To support the editorial strategy for Manchester International Festival and The Factory by...
  
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• Membership/Box Office & Development Administrator / Garsington Opera Ltd / South East

  07-02-2020 16:26
  Garsington Opera is seeking a highly motivated person to join our administrative team. We are looking for an efficient, personable administrator with excellent communication skills to work within...
  
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• Access Manager / Manchester International Festival / North West / Manchester

  07-02-2020 16:24
  To apply for this role please visit - https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/
  £30-35,000 per annum
  To lead on the delivery of a holistic Access Strategy for MIF/The Factory that embeds...
  
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• Youth Theatre Administration Officer / Yvonne Arnaud Theatre / South East

  07-02-2020 16:21
  Under new Director Joanna Read, this is an exciting opportunity for a highly capable administrator to join our Youth & Participation team and be part of the team transforming the Yvonne Arnaud...
  
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• Easter Courses for Adults / Guildhall School of Music & Drama / London

  07-02-2020 16:16
  Guildhall is running two brand new courses for adults from Monday 6th - Thursday 9th April 2020:
  Conducting & Ensemble Direction is a brand new course we are running that has been designed for...
  
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• Public Art Commission, Maidstone East Station / Maidstone Borough Council / South East

  07-02-2020 16:02
  Maidstone Borough Council would like to invite an artist to develop a permanent public artwork for the forecourt of the newly refurbished Maidstone East Railway Station, a strategically significant...
  
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• Five Years On, An Oral History Of #OscarsSoWhite

  07-02-2020 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In edited excerpts below, filmmakers, awards-watchers and academy members” — among them Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, Spike Lee, and former Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs — “tell the inside story of how what began as a three-word hashtag forced an insular, $42 billion industry to change course.” – The New York Times
  
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• Conducting Course Ensemble / London Musical Arts / London

  07-02-2020 15:58
  The London Musical Arts Conducting Course Ensemble is a great opportunity for anyone who plays an orchestral instrument and is interested in knowing more about the process of conducting.You will play...
  
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• Account Director - City Promotions, Events & Filming / Westminster City Council / London

  07-02-2020 15:56
  Salary: £46,293 per annum  Location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QP  Hours per week: 36 Contract type: Temporary for 12...
  
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• Music/Drama/Dance teacher / Kaleidoscope Clubs and Courses / London

  07-02-2020 15:52
  Kaleidoscope is currently seeking new teachers to work with us on a freelance basis. We organise holiday art camps for children which run every school holiday especially the summertime, our very...
  
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• Resident Artistic Director / Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Ltd. / Scotland

  07-02-2020 15:51
  At Cumbernauld Theatre, we are passionate about commissioning, creating and supporting original Theatre productions. We have a great reputation for producing ambitious work that resonates with our...
  
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