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• Why Are Contemporary Writers Obsessed With Self-Awareness?

  12-11-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Critics—and the authors they cover—seem to be obsessed with self-awareness. Writing about oneself isn’t new at all, but what’s current (and quickly growing stale) is the overtly self-conscious way contemporary writers have chosen to go about it. – The Nation
  
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• Why Opera Will Endure

  12-11-2020 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Opera is one of those words that contains so much historical and symbolic weight and prejudice that you have to clamber through dense, thorny tangles before you even get to what it might actually be, and if there is anything really left, other than it being a segregated leisure pursuit for the entitled. – LitHub
  
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• Trying To Understand Indigenous Ways Of Passing On Knowledge

  12-11-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “If knowledges are environmentally embedded, and have to be activated through skilled practices, our orthodox idea that the privileged pathway for knowledge acquisition is cognitive, from one brain to another, is challenged. Think about it: we have never been able to ‘think’ without more-than-human extensions.”–Psyche
  
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• City of Aspen-Wheeler Opera House – Executive Director

  12-11-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Located in Aspen, Colorado, the Wheeler Opera House (Wheeler) opened its doors on April 23, 1889 and has since become an integral part of civic life within this mountain community. Built during Aspen’s mining heyday in the late nineteenth century, the Wheeler was the dream of Jerome B. Wheeler. A well-heeled New Yorker, Mr. Wheeler turned his attention to Aspen in the 1880s to invest in mining. Eventually, Wheeler would build the four-story Hotel Jerome and the building that became known a
  
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• Are Our Brains Wired To Want To Be Outside?

  12-11-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The evolutionary explanation for human connection to nature is a colossal safari through the African savanna, where our ancestors fought, fed, and frolicked for millions of years. The biologist E.O. Wilson speculated on this story in Biophilia, a slim volume on human attraction to nature. Wilson defined biophilia as an “innate tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes.” – Nautilus
  
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• You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Classic Shows Remade For The Trump Era

  12-11-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “SHAMILTON. A rap-inspired musical drawn partly from the pages of The Art of the Deal, this show celebrates the creation of a new nation by a small group of wealthy landowners and hyper-successful businessmen through the adoption of an economic funnel that sucks money out of the pockets of the poor and middle classes and into the bank accounts of the rich. Its hit tunes My Way or the Highway and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break are hailed as chart-toppers, although there are mu
  
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• Founder Of Now-Defunct American National Ballet Charged With Murdering Husband

  12-11-2020 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In early 2017, Doug and Ashley Benefield moved to Charleston with ambitious, high-profile plans to create a top-level ballet company and school there — and over that year, the project gradually and messily fell apart. Now Ashley has been arrested near Bradenton, Florida and charged with shooting Doug during an argument; the couple had separated and were in an ongoing custody dispute over their daughter. – The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
  
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• Interim Programme Manager / The Place / London

  12-11-2020 20:37
  A fantastic opportunity to lead a programme of recreational dance at The Place, creative powerhouse for dance development, leading the way in training, performance and creation. 
   
  A key...
  
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• Creatives wanted for online gallery / New Grooves Gallery / London

  12-11-2020 20:33
  Have you channelled your energy into something creative recently? We want to see it! 
  We are looking for individuals who want to showcase their newfound creativity as part of an online...
  
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• Inside A Treasure Trove Of Wax Cylinder Recordings

  12-11-2020 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Say what you want about the millions of digital songs stored in the cloud and awaiting your Spotify spin. Strolling through the rows of shelving units, each packed with cylinder recordings, overwhelms the imagination. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Wales Contemporary 2020 / Waterfront Gallery / London / Wales

  12-11-2020 20:10
  Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes is an international open competition for 2D and 3D artworks inspired by the country’s people, landscape, art history, traditions, and contemporary culture....
  
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• UK Declines To Prosecute Royal Accused Of Sexual Assault By Curator Of Hay Festival Abu Dhabi

  12-11-2020 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Crown Prosecution Service won’t pursue the case of Caitlin McNamara, a Briton who was organizing the inaugural version of the Hay book festival’s satellite event in the UAE when, she says, she was summoned to a meeting at the villa of the Emirati official overseeing the festival (the country’s Minister of Tolerance) and he assaulted her. – The Guardian
  
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• Community Artist in Residence / Theatre Royal Stratford East / London

  12-11-2020 19:57
  ARTIST CALL OUT
  Stratford East are looking for TWO artists with excellent theatre-based participatory practice to work in collaboration with two Newham-based community...
  
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• John Waters Donates His Collection To Baltimore Museum Of Art

  12-11-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Waters’s collection, much of which is installed in his home, features in-depth holdings of works by Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Mike Kelley, Karin Sander and Richard Tuttle, and will fill gaps in the museum’s own collection of work by artists including Catherine Opie and Thomas Demand. An exhibition of works from the gift will be staged at the museum within the next five years, it says in a statement. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Illustrator / Pins and Needles Productions / South West

  12-11-2020 19:21
  Pins and Needles Productions are currently working on the development of a new digital adaptation of an epic classic about invasion. Our experiments involve looking at the space between theatre,...
  
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• Commercial Radio Is 100 Years Old. Where Can It Go From Here?

  12-11-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kirk Miller: “Surviving 100 years is incredible. But I do wonder if it’ll make it through another 10, let alone 100. To get some outside perspective, I asked four people — two long-time DJs, a younger musician and a veteran music industry reporter — for their thoughts on commercial radio, both as it stands today and where it’s going.” – InsideHook
  
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• Digital Projects Manager / The Place / London

  12-11-2020 18:43
  The Place is an industry leader in dance education, creation and performance. We power imagination through dance, champion new ideas,...
  
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• Term Tutor / London Film School / London

  12-11-2020 18:39
  Contract:             Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)  
  Salary/Benefits: £36,834-£38,773 per...
  
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• Meet The Guardians Of The World’s Oldest Recorded Music

  12-11-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Preserving early recordings — and the lumbering machines that play them — has been an obsession for a small group of Southern California collectors, who have been stealthily wrangling from the wild the essential sounds of the early American acoustic recording era. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Lighting Gaffer/Stage Manager/Stores Assistant / London Film School / London

  12-11-2020 18:09
  Job Title:                            Lighting Gaffer/Stage Manager/Stores...
  
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• Can Performance Art Adapt To Social Distancing?

  12-11-2020 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As summer has given way to a fall and winter marked by increased social-distancing measures and further lockdowns, in-person performance art looks increasingly like it will be forced to transform again for the foreseeable [future]. As a medium built on intimacy and in-person connection, how, exactly, can it adapt? Those who know the genre best seem cautiously optimistic.” – Artnet
  
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• Free music videos to help mental health during pandemic / Belltree Music Therapy CIC / South East / Online

  12-11-2020 17:54
  Guided video resources from Brighton-based Belltree Music Therapy are available to help vulnerable groups and those feeling ‘stuck at home’ during the COVID-19 lockdowns.  The short...
  
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• Beware “Big Break” Scams For Classical Music

  12-11-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s a psychological phenomenon: When you’ve been chosen for something, you feel flattered. And if you don’t have other options, you think, This is my big chance.“ – Van
  
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• Assistant Company Manager, Royal Academy Opera / Royal Academy of Music / London

  12-11-2020 17:18
  Full Time:        32.5 hours per week
  Salary range:  £20,989 - £22,595 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
  Start date:...
  
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• Marketing and Digital Comms Officer / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Scotland

  12-11-2020 17:16
  The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is looking for a highly organised, social media savvy, digitally creative communicator to join the Marketing Department as our Marketing and Digital Comms Officer.
  You...
  
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• Candido Camero, Cuban Jazzman Who Transformed Conga Drumming, Dead At 99

  12-11-2020 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[He] began his career in Cuba at 14 and was still active past the age of 95. … His greatest innovation was to play more than one conga drum at a time, eventually settling on a setup of three congas, each tuned to a different pitch. He sometimes added bongos and other percussion instruments, creating a whirlwind of complex rhythms and sounds.” – The Washington Post
  
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• Contemporary Dancers needed for new work / Rebelo Dance Company / East Midlands

  12-11-2020 16:49
  Rebelo Dance Company are looking for dancers to be part of research and development for their first work.Applicants should have sound contemporary dance technique, strong floor work, strong...
  
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• European Union Increases Its Culture Rescue Fund To $3.3 Billion

  12-11-2020 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The European Parliament and the European Council have finally agreed on an ambitious long-term recovery plan for its 27 member nations. The historic €1.8 trillion ($2.1 trillion) agreement, which was announced on November 11, will include a provision of €2.8 billion ($3.3 billion) to support the cultural field.” – Artnet
  
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• Marketing Manager / Young Vic / London

  12-11-2020 16:06
  We are looking for a Marketing Manager to join our busy and successful theatre.
  Based on The Cut in Waterloo, we produce new plays, classics, musicals, adaptations of books, short films, digital...
  
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• Have A Look Inside The Italian Police’s Vault For Stolen Art

  12-11-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  A modest three-story building on the edge of Rome’s Trastevere district is where the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale keep thousands of artworks for as long as they are considered evidence in legal cases. Says one officer at the facility, “Usually, we give back the pieces a few days after seizing them. But some cases take longer, there are several counterclaims, and the objects stay here for years.” – Atlas Obscura
  
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• Engagement Support Worker / Fallen Angels Dance Theatre / North West

  12-11-2020 15:34
  Fallen Angels Dance Theatre (FADT) exists to support people in recovery from addiction to transform their lives and share the recovery journey with the wider public, through dance, performance and...
  
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• Colorado Springs Philharmonic Canceled Musicians’ Contract And Won’t Negotiate New One

  12-11-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The orchestra and its players worked out a contract in April, when the pandemic was still new. Management says it then kept the musicians on full salary through the summer but, with no ticket revenue coming in, can no longer pay anything and so canceled the agreement entirely. The musicians union says it offered numerous times to make further changes — even suggesting a switch from salaries to per-service fees until a full concert schedule resumes — but that all such offers were rej
  
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• Position Available: Executive Director, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

  12-11-2020 15:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chicago Jazz Philharmonic welcomes applications for the position of Executive Director. Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP) is America’s definitive “third stream” musical ensemble and is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and re-envisioning the merging of jazz and classical traditions.The Organization
  https://www.chicagojazzphilharmonic.org/Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP) is America’s definitive “third stream” musical ensemble and is dedicated to promoting, prese
  
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• Heritage Officer / Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation / South East

  12-11-2020 15:09
  Heritage Officer (Fixed term Contract) £23,000 per annum (pro rata)
  We are looking for an experienced Heritage Officer, to support the delivery of our local heritage offer. This will include...
  
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• Arts Officer / Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation / South East

  12-11-2020 15:06
  Arts Officer (Fixed term Contract) £23,000 per annum (pro rata)
  We are looking for an experienced Arts Officer, to support the delivery of our local arts offer. This will include arts project...
  
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• How Theatre Audiences Have Responded To Digital Performances During The Pandemic: New Study

  12-11-2020 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Key findings of the study include that 43% of audiences for digital programming were new to the organization; that digital audience members who previously attended in-person events are paying higher ticket prices; that digital performances with multiple dates have higher revenue potential; that audiences for digital performances book their tickets closer to the performance date than in-person audiences did; and that 10% of digital audiences add a donation on top of the ticket price.&rdqu
  
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• Volunteer & Programmes Manager / Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation / South East

  12-11-2020 15:04
  Volunteer & Programmes Manager (Fixed term Contract) £28,000 per annum (pro rata)
  We are looking for an experienced, individual to lead the implementation of our volunteer strategy. ...
  
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• Students Union Administrator / Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance / London

  12-11-2020 14:55
  The post-holder will be responsible to the President of the Students’ Union and will support them and the Executive Team in carrying out administrative functions. This will include:
  To provide...
  
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• Free Teacher Training: Creative Approaches to Emotional Literacy / LIFEbeat / London

  12-11-2020 14:36
  LIFEbeat, a registered charity, offers creative, dynamic trainings for schools to enhance a whole school approach to wellbeing. We deliver on a variety of topics, all focused on embedding creativity...
  
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• Playwright Israel Horovitz, 81

  12-11-2020 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The author of more than 70 scripts, “[he] enjoyed his biggest successes Off Broadway and in regional and European theaters” — he was reportedly the most-produced American playwright in France — “[notably] at the Gloucester Stage Company in Massachusetts, which he helped found in 1979. His plays gave opportunities to a number of young actors who went on to become household names. … [But his] career was tarnished by accusations by multiple women that he had se
  
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• Administrator - Membership/Box Office & Development / Garsington Opera / South East / Great Milton

  12-11-2020 14:25
  Garsington Opera is seeking an efficient, personable administrator with excellent communication skills to join our administrative team. This is a great opportunity to join a small, energetic team...
  
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• Marketing Apprentice / Blueprint Film / London / South East

  12-11-2020 14:17
  Blueprint Film are an award winning video production company creating branded content and social media campaigns with clients ranging from global brands to social enterprises. We have the...
  
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• Vienna Philharmonic Is Giving Normal Concerts At Full Strength — In Japan

  12-11-2020 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what is the orchestra’s first trip abroad since March and possibly the first overseas tour by any European orchestra since the pandemic began, the Philharmoniker, 100-odd-strong, are performing in four Japanese cities under Valery Gergiev’s baton, traveling in their own segregated buses and train cars. – Kyodo News (Japan)
  
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• Operations Coordinator / Arcadia Missa / London

  12-11-2020 14:02
  This is an opportunity for someone with excellent organisational skills and a practical background in the arts to become an essential member of our team, working on all aspects of the gallery’s...
  
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• New Sound / Music Commission / Music:Leeds / Yorkshire

  12-11-2020 13:36
  Music:Leeds and Abbey House Museum are commissioning a Leeds-based music creator, sound artist or collective to create a new sound-based artwork or audio-focused 'digital experience' inspired by the...
  
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• Membership Advisor / RIBA / London

  12-11-2020 13:24
  Be part of the vision; be part of the RIBA.
  The RIBA is a global professional membership body, and a cultural organisation, driving excellence in architecture.
  Salary: £25,088 -...
  
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• Board Members / Make The Paint Dance / Yorkshire

  12-11-2020 13:06
  Make The Paint Dance is an award-winning non-profit organisation founded in 2017 by Megan Jowett. We utilise our experience as educators, background as composers and performers of adventurous music...
  
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• Exerimental Bookbinding [Online Workshop] / We Make Books! / London

  12-11-2020 12:49
  Monday 7th December 2020   18:00pm – 19:30pmHosted on Zoom
  In this online workshop, you’ll be introduced to the magical world of experimental bookbinding and learn how to...
  
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• Executive Director/Joint CEO / Live Theatre / North East

  12-11-2020 11:58
  Live Theatre, Newcastle, one of the UK's great new writing theatres, is looking for an Executive Director/Joint CEO with exceptional experience as an inspirational cultural leader. 
  'One of the...
  
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• Senior Training & Academic Services Officer / Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company / London

  12-11-2020 11:41
  Fourth Monkey is recruiting a Senior Training & Academic Services Officer to join its dynamic core office team at its London training base. 
  Working to support the Director of...
  
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