Ballet continues to have a racial and class gap, including in Spain, where public training programs are scarce and private classes for children are often expensive. The one who is probably the most famous classical dancer in the world, the American Misty Copeland, principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater, started dancing by chance, for a free class that was taught in a basketball court in her neighborhood in San Pedro, California, when he was already 13 years old. Now, Copeland, the first African-American to fill her position, wants to give other children the same opportunity and has created a special ballet program for African-American and Latino children from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Copeland says that she will maintain the discipline but will try to relax the teaching method to make it more attractive.
THE BEZOS OF 'INDUSTRY'
The second season of the series Industry, which premieres on HBOMax on the 30th, brings the opportunity to see actor-director Jay Duplass outside of his usual roles as a teacher with existential doubts, sexual crises and an extensive collection of cardigans. very out. Here he plays Jesse Bloom, a billionaire nicknamed “Mr. Covid ”because during the pandemic he got richer than anyone. Duplass admits that he was inspired by Jeff Bezos, with whom he has spoken on more than one occasion, because Amazon produced his series Transparent and Bezos went with the team to the Golden Globes and similar ceremonies. Apparently, he was kind and courteous to him and that's where he got the idea to make his character ruthless financially but charming personally, because, he thought, to become so extraordinarily rich he had to seduce a lot of people first.
THE ORIGINS OF ZEROCALCARE
There is a certain thirst for Rome, the Rome that does not appear in the photos of tourists. The many readers of The City of the Living, the book-report by Nicola Lagioia that has been one of the most shared titles of the summer, can continue exploring that other Rome, this time with a different tone and medium, with Esqueletos , the new title of the comic book star Zerocalcare. After becoming world famous with the Netflix series Cut by the dots series, the cartoonist, who is actually called Michele Rech, returns to the scenes of his youth, when he lied to his family making them believe that he studied at the university and in reality he spent the day on the subway and met all kinds of characters from the Roman suburbs.
'MATERNASIS' FOR MERCÈS
For Mercè day, which is celebrated today, there are open doors in almost all the city's museums (Picasso, Macba, Marès, Etnològic, CaixaForum, Music and CCCB) and also to visit the Born Center Cultural and the castle of Montjuïc. The MNAC also has a special courtesy again this year with the Mercès, Mercedes and Merches. From Tuesday to Monday, all those who prove their name with their DNI have free admission for her and her companion, and a glass of cava with petit fours in the museum's restaurant. Good opportunity to visit the frescoes by Annibale Carracci, which are only on display until October 9, and the Maternasis exhibition, which, in fact, ends on Monday. There, artists such as Mari Chordà, Roser Pru and Parvine Curie make their own interpretation of the book Maternasis, by Nuria Pompeia, which in 1967 proposed a political vision of pregnancy and motherhood that was completely ahead of its time.
STORY OF A GREEN OGRE AND A PAGAN HYMN
It is now accepted as one of the best songs of the 20th century, a pagan anthem that transcends pop and endures all versions that are made from (ir)reverence, but, when he composed it, Leonard Cohen had a hard time getting someone come to understand Hallellujah. He made 180 versions of the lyrics until he had the final one and the first time he heard it, a Columbia Records executive rejected it completely. A documentary titled Hallellujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song tells the story of the song and gives specific importance to the song's appearance in the 2001 film Schrek. the kitchen chair") at a key moment in the film. The royalties that came from that and the many versions that followed from there on talent shows around the world buoyed up Cohen's ailing finances.
