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Istanbul’s orchestra teams up with Buika
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İş Sanat is closing its 13th season with Buika, an artist known for her passionate voice of love, as well as the Istanbul Opera Orchestra. İş Sanat closesseason with Buika and Istanbul Opera Orchestra on May 24. The concert is expected to be one of the best performances of the season. Buika, who has captivated audiences and critics alike around the world with her love … Continue reading
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Pablo Neruda’s prophecy in poetry
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Like many great poems, life is worked out by testing both questions and answers. ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ is a beautiful question, made more beautiful by the 13 line reply that follows. A poem with all the answers is as unconvincing as a poem that’s never asked any questions. We seem to find ourselves somewhere between those two extremes, which is … Continue reading
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Saloua Raouda Choucair: modernism off the map
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As a female artist in Beirut, Saloua Raouda Choucair produced work that was far more daring than her Lebanese peers. Adrian Searle wonders if more retrospectives need to head for the overlooked margins of the art world Rigorous and searching attitude … a detail from Self Portrait, 1943. Photograph: © Saloua Raouda Choucair Foundation comments In 1921, Fernand Léger painted Le Grand Déjeuner, in which … Continue reading
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Playwright shows another side
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Sam Shepard is one of the most-performed playwrights of the late 20th century but his non-theatrical writing is far less familiar to playgoers. Sam Shepard A new “pop-up” theatre company is hoping to change that by staging a season inspired by Shepard’s short stories, though their subjects don’t sound too dissimilar to the figures who populate his stage plays: “Loners, losers, tough guys, introverts.” Like … Continue reading
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Wesley Snipes released from prison
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Actor leaves Pennsylvania prison after serving more than two years for tax evasion Released from US prison after tax evasion … Wesley Snipes in 2009. Photograph: Claudio Onorati/EPA The actor Wesley Snipes has been released from a US prison in Pennsylvania after serving more than two years for tax evasion. Snipes was convicted in 2008 after failing to pay any federal taxes despite earning a … Continue reading
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Seven Cuban ballet dancers defect on tour
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SEVEN young members of the National Ballet of Cuba defected last month while on a performing tour in Mexico, an official says. Seven members of the National Ballet of Cuba defected during a tour of Mexico, officials confirmed A ballet company official confirmed the defections on Wednesday but did not offer details, saying only that “there were seven who did not return.” The defections were … Continue reading
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First world war poem wins National Poetry Competition 2013
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Patricia McCarthy wins £5,000 prize and comparisons with Wilfred Own and Siegfried Sassoon comments First world war today … National Poetry Competition Click here to read the winning poem A poem inspired by her late mother’s stories of the first world war, which has drawn comparisons with Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, has won the poetry journal Agenda’s editor Patricia McCarthy the National Poetry Competition. McCarthy, … Continue reading
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Unwrapped Hong Kong At fortyfivedownstair
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fortyfivedownstairs has announced upcoming exhibition Unwrapped Hong Kong , which features a series of contemporary urban scrolls taken from Michael Pearce’s time as Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Drawn into the dramatic colours, cloths and coverings of the city’s wrapped buildings under construction, Pearce explores the conflict, contrast and balance of the Hong Kong cityscape. Pearce is a visual … Continue reading
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Anthony Breslin’s ‘Trybe’: An Opera In Paint
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In November 2006 Anthony Breslin one of Australia’s most unique and innovative artists combined SCULPTURE, MUSIC, DANCE, PAINT, THEATRE and NEW MEDIA to realize his brainchild “trybe” an opera like no other, which captivated audiences as a confronting, evolving, moving and truly original artistic performance. Trybe’s ability to effortlessly fuse so many differing art forms into one cohesive theatrical performance allowed it to operate powerfully … Continue reading
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