Entertainment
Music review: Morton Subotnick, California E.A.R. Unit at REDCAT
Mar 26th
Subotnick manned his laptop and synthesizer as the California E.A.R. Unit lent its piano/violin/percussion forces in a guided improvisational tour de force.
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Music review: Osmo Vanska in his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut
Mar 26th
It sounded like a symphony about Vänskä, who dramatized every little thing — a symphony that floats became a symphony of sudden outbursts and of stops and starts. It sounded like a symphony about Vänskä, who dramatized every little thing — a symphony that floats became a symphony of sudden outbursts and of stops and starts.
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Dance review: Ballet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ at the Music Center
Mar 25th
This version of the popular fairy tale was Grimm indeed, with the ballet hewing to the fairy tale s original ending of macabre justice for the evil Queen. This version of the popular fairy tale was Grimm indeed, with the ballet hewing to the fairy tale s original ending of macabre justice for the evil Queen.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Dance review: Ballet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ at the Music Center
Mar 25th
This version of the popular fairy tale was Grimm indeed, with the ballet hewing to the fairy tale’s original ending of macabre justice for the evil Queen. This version of the popular fairy tale was Grimm indeed, with the ballet hewing to the fairy tale’s original ending of macabre justice for the evil Queen.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Composer Jennifer Higdon pursues friendly music
Mar 25th
The Pulitzer winner says, ‘I’m constantly asking myself, “Is this interesting enough? How can I make it more interesting?”‘ Her Percussion Concerto comes to OC. The Pulitzer winner says, ‘I’m constantly asking myself, “Is this interesting enough? How can I make it more interesting?”‘ Her Percussion Concerto comes to OC.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Alexei Ratmansky aims to transform ‘Firebird’
Mar 25th
The much-called-upon Russian choreographer toys with monsters and retunes a lullaby as he prepares a new version for American Ballet Theatre. The much-called-upon Russian choreographer toys with monsters and retunes a lullaby as he prepares a new version for American Ballet Theatre.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Composer Jennifer Higdon pursues friendly music
Mar 25th
The Pulitzer winner says, ‘I’m constantly asking myself, “Is this interesting enough? How can I make it more interesting?”‘ Her Percussion Concerto comes to OC. The Pulitzer winner says, ‘I’m constantly asking myself, “Is this interesting enough? How can I make it more interesting?”‘ Her Percussion Concerto comes to OC.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Alexei Ratmansky aims to transform ‘Firebird’
Mar 25th
The much-called-upon Russian choreographer toys with monsters and retunes a lullaby as he prepares a new version for American Ballet Theatre. The much-called-upon Russian choreographer toys with monsters and retunes a lullaby as he prepares a new version for American Ballet Theatre.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Phillips Collection exhibition links the box camera and painters
Mar 25th
The first Kodak camera had a big influence on painting, as ‘Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard’ details. George Eastman introduced the first Kodak camera in 1888. It was a small wooden box covered in Morocco leather with a roll of dry film inside. You no longer had to be a professional carrying a tripod, heavy plates, a darkening cape and liquid developer to take a photograph. Any amateur could hold the box waist-high, aim at a subject like the family and press the button that released the shutter that covered the lens. The box — later just the roll — could be sent back to the company to develop the film. Kodak advertisements promised, “You press the button, we do the rest.”
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Female artists’ surreal visions unfold in LACMA’s ‘In Wonderland’
Mar 25th
The LACMA exhibition ‘In Wonderland’ explores the female surrealists who made Mexico and the U.S. their home base in pursuit of creative liberty and self-discovery. The LACMA exhibition ‘In Wonderland’ explores the female surrealists who made Mexico and the U.S. their home base in pursuit of creative liberty and self-discovery.
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