Paul Kellogg, New York City Opera Impresario, Dies at 84
He had no opera experience when he was chosen to run the Glimmerglass Opera in upstate New York; 17 years later, he took on City Opera during a difficult period.
Paul Kellogg in 2007 at the New York State Theater, as the New York City Opera’s home was then called. As leader of both that company and the Glimmerglass Opera, he made the two houses creative partners.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
April 28, 2021
Paul Kellogg, an innovative impresario who led the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., and later, during a dynamic and financially precarious period, also led the New York City Opera, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Cooperstown. He was 84.
THE TONGUE OF THE FLAME to be Presented by ID Studio
The Tongue of the Flame is a raw and dynamic dance theater work-in-process created and performed by Blakeley White-McGuire and Daniel Fetecua Soto.by Chloe Rabinowitz
ID Studio will present four evenings of performance of The Tongue of the Flame from May 24-27, 2021 at 8pm at 311 W. 140th Street, Bronx, NY. Tickets are $50 suggested donation to attend in-person or via livestream. Donations are accepted here. For more information, visit https://thetongueoftheflame.com/.
The Tongue of the Flame is a raw and dynamic dance theater work-in-process created and performed by internationally acclaimed dance artists and choreographers Blakeley White-McGuire and Daniel Fetecua Soto. Working in the genres of contact improvisation and contemporary modern dance forms they explore control, submission and caretaking as a physical practice. Experimenting with liminality in the realms of love, sexuality and compassion, the artists interrogate th
Slave Play, along with works by Caryl Churchill, Doug Wright, Martha Clarke, Will Power, Jessica Blank, Erik jensen, Dael Orlandersmith, Mfoniso Udofia, Rachel Chavkin, Ayad Akhtar, Amy Herzog, Lileana Blain-Cruz, Anne Kaufman, Celine Song, Lucas Hnath, and Elevator Repair Service. New York Theatre Workshop has been the greatest gift in my entire life and my proudest accomplishment,â says Nicola. âI have been honored to be a steward of this rambunctious, restless community for more than three decadesâalmost half my lifeâand I am deeply grateful to those who have given me this sustaining blessing for as long as they have.
Leonardo and Michelangelo: the astrological significance
Nurturing and supporting the talent of these extraordinary men
Martha Clarke
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When we think of Florence, many of us think first of the Renaissance and the greats such as
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. But what of the
astrology and astrocartography of the city and its surrounding areas?
What part did it play in nurturing and supporting the talent of these extraordinary men?
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 at 22:00 in Vinci. He died on May 2, 1519 in Amboise, France.
Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 at 01:50 in Caprese Michelangelo. He died on February 18, 1564 in Rome when he was 89, so some five years after his Uranus Return, having also completed his Uranus opposition, his second Saturn Return and his Chiron return. In astrological terms, a Saturn Return, which occurs every 28 to 30 years in a person’s chart, is a time of
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