Last year, in this post on the future of dance criticism, we wrote about the need for critics to embrace web 2.0 and social media, to engage with the online dance community and attract new readers. Among examples of writers who are using these new channels, we mentioned leading UK dance critic Ismene Brown and [...]
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The Future of Dance Criticism
by Guest on November 1, 2011
Upcoming Talk: The Future of Books
by Emilia & Linda on September 13, 2011
If you are in town this Saturday 17 September, we would love to see you at University College London. As part of The London Design Festival 2011, our friends at Sojournposse will be hosting the seminar “Whatever Is to Become of Books?” and we are one of the guest speakers. More information: Five Minutes With: [...]
Tagged as: Books, Borders, Digital Publishing, ebooks, iPad, Kindle, LDF, London Design Festival, Publishers, Publishing, Social Media, Sojournposse, Story of Books, talks, UCL
The Royal Ballet 2011-2012 Season at a Glance
by Emilia & Linda on September 1, 2011
European summer is almost over (although here in Britain it never really began) and ballet companies around the world are getting ready to kick off their new seasons. The Royal Ballet is set to return to Covent Garden in a few weeks with Balanchine’s Jewels. Taking inspiration from one of our favorite magazines, Wired, we [...]
Tagged as: Balanchine, Choreographers, Christopher Wheeldon, Cinema Relays, Dancers, Infographic, Kenneth MacMillan, Monica Mason, Overview, Petipa, ROH, Royal Ballet, Season 2011-2012, Social Media, Wayne McGregor
Social Media and the Arts
by Emilia & Linda on June 15, 2011
Last month we took part in B.Hive Club’s “Live in the Lounge” series, talking about how ballet and the arts in general can benefit from a presence in social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.), as well as the latest that the ballet blogosphere has to offer to enrich one’s personal experience of the art [...]
Tagged as: Alice in Twitterland, Arts appreciation, Arts Organizations, Ballet, Facebook, Social Media, Such Tweet Sorrow, Twitter, Twitter Opera, YouTube
It’s Friday, Friday!
by Emilia & Linda on May 27, 2011
The world has dubbed it the “worst song ever”, but it has gathered more than 150 million views (and a staggering 2.9 million “dislikes”) on YouTube. It seems we all love to hate Rebecca Black‘s “Friday” and its trail of brilliant spoofs – check out Stephen Colbert’s hilarious rendition here and, our favorite, the Death [...]
Tagged as: Adult Beginner, Ballet Comic, Ballet Webcomics, Friday, Glee, Rebecca Black, Social Media, YouTube
The Ballet Bag Talks Social Media & the Arts at B-Hive
by Emilia & Linda on May 25, 2011
If you are in town next Tuesday 31 May, we would love to see you at B.Hive Club, in Covent Garden. As part of their “Live in the Lounge” series, we will be talking social media & ballet from 1pm to 2pm. We are planning a very informal session, with plenty of time to network [...]
Tagged as: Arts, B.Hive, dance companies, dance criticism, Facebook, live tweeting, networking, Social Media, talks, The Ballet Bag, Twitter
