Beyond the Exaltation of the Individual Dancer
Is it possible to imagine the ballet world without a primary teleology of aesthetic perfectionism and a baseline of low self-worth?
The Arts as Resistance
Posted on February 6, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: Statue of composer Aram Khachaturian in front of the Armenian Opera House, Yerevan, Armenia; Danita Delimont/Alamy Stock Photos.
What are the implications for any society that emphasizes monuments to power and domination over imagination and the arts?
Famous, But Studiously Ignored, in Baltimore
Posted on February 8, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: John Waters is never incognito; THR illustration.
I like to think that this kind of deference is a Baltimore thing.
Hatred Alone Is Immortal
What pleasure, what gratification, can we offer to people that exceeds the pleasure of hating?
Tail Pipes and Trail Pipes
Posted on February 15, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: Organ pipes at the Tabernacle at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; Adobe Stock.
There is a poignant vulnerability to dereliction pipe organs face in a world saturated with synthetically produced musical sound.
A Jazz Age Mystery in a Reimagined America
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on February 22, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: Painting by Roman Nogin/Shutterstock.
A murder mystery that is also an impressive sociological imaginary.
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