The Faust Effect
The phenomenon roused by the Sibiu National Theatre’s performance is very well described by this jesting statement: I would sell my soul to see Purcăr…
Arts
The Chernobyl Lie. Travelling Back in Time
(CNN July 11, 2019) — Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster which resulted in thousands of deaths, is to become an official t…
Dancing with internal mirrors
“Dance is its own reward”, Luc Jacobs tells me, the Senior Rehearsal Director of Batsheva Dance Company. His warm voice, which sometimes cracks through…
Shen Tiemei and the Sichuan Opera, a love-story
Opera is a form of lyrical theatre. A play on music. Actors singing. Loudly, on strong notes, narrating their love stories with orchestra and elegant l…
Micro-Folie – the museum as a living space. Interview with Rebecca Bouillou
In his essay, The Imaginary Museum, André Malraux says that “the museum is one of the places that give the highest idea of man”. The French writer not …