Every year, young pianists from all over the world come to Fort Worth to participate in what has become one of the most esteemed summer programs for tomorrow's concert pianists.
The Modern, in partnership with Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, is delighted to once again celebrate the art of dance! This summer’s festival features a thrilling array of live performances, and an exciting film festival spotlighting award-winning films about dancing and dancers.
For more information, visit www.cdfw.org.
Photo: Bill Evans
Sounds Modern invites you to experience a musical counterpart to the paintings of Lucian Freud. As Freud was reinventing the tradition of portraiture, a generation of English composers was reinventing their relationship with a musical tradition. At the heart of this movement was the ensemble, The Fires of London, formed by Peter Maxwell Davies and an eclectic group of composers and performers. Their concerts delivered an entirely new musical experience.
Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.
Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature throughout the show's run at the National Theatre. Many locations will offer the chance to see both of these versions.
This week we met James Hough, a.k.a. Jim Public. Class began with an overview of the upcoming weeks. The project we are working on consists of 3 stages. The 1st stage, which we began this week, focuses on Line, Shape, and Space. Before getting started on our art-making, we spent some time as a group in the gallery.
This week we began by looking at some Brice Marden drawings. After looking at the way that he broke up the rectangle...
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