April 19, 2006

Random Stories and Links

Stories of interest:

- "The Future of Classical Music - Episode 5" - Greg Sandow posts fifth chapter to his work in progress about, as title says, the future of classical music. Greg is inspiration for me as I'm working on my upcoming publication on future of dance. I'm going to follow-up soon on comment I posted to Greg's chapter about Last.fm, a social networking site for music fans, and its relationship to dance.

- "The Skin Trade" - Jennifer Homans, The New Republic dance critic, trashes modern dance in New York - essentially Dance Theater Workshop and the critics who praise its performances. If you don't have subscription to New Republic, go to Google News and search for "new republic dance". Click on "Jennifer Homans on Dance."

- "All barre none" - brief history of ballet.

- Bill's Blog Update - Bill T. Jones posts latest entry to his blog.

- "Critic's role is not to be booster" - by Wilma Salisbury of Cleveland's Plain Dealer.

- "Dancers as Living archives" - Martha Ullman West on the transmission of dance knowledge.

- "The Wealth of Networks" - new book by Yochai Benkler (free download) about the difference between our new networked information economy vs. old industrial information economy. Deals with new modes of cultural production.

- "Marketers Jump on YouTube Bandwagon" - Jackie Huba in Church of the Customer Blog. Take a look at Dunkin' Donuts video ad. I like how they demonstrate their hand signals. I think this concept could be used by dancers, which I'll elaborate on in near future.

- Pinko Marketing Wiki - created by HorsePigCow blogger Tara Hunt. Video interview with Tara on NetSquared. I'm going to write more about NetSquared because I'd like to see similar website for those involved in performing arts.

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