also on arts and culture today a new ballet version of virginia orlando premieres in moscow are reports that was at the preview. and there's a new album from techno and house music d.j. hale and it's got an artistic twist. orlando by virginia woolf is a fantastical piece of literature that sees the hero's journey between 3 centuries and 2 genders now german choreographer actress jansch book has reimagined the piece for the bolshoi ballet observers expect it to make waves and in a conservative society that's not known for its tolerance of the l.g.b. t.q. community books imaginative staging might also rustle feathers. her royal highness queen elizabeth the 1st played by a man but this is no campy drag queen playing for laughs in

a nightclub this cross-dressing portrayal is serious and dignified it's part of german choreographer kirsty books production of virginia woolf's novel orlando book plays around with gender identities and questions the established male and female roles in a playful manner but he's doing it in a country known for its traditional even conservative values is that a deliberate provocation. is kind of it's not a provocation at least that's not my intention rather we take a very poetic approach to having a man play a cream or that the orlando role is danced by a woman. and of how returns the novel tells the story of the magical transformation of orlando a young nobleman into a woman which book has cast that role with a woman who dances with such lightness and elegance that changing genders seems like the easiest thing on earth the character also lives to be more than 350 years old without aging the role are 1st an opportunity to delve into. or rich for

a variety of expressive characterizations the story has a decidedly dreamlike quality. than that on monday i didn't understand the strange novel by virginia woolf right away there was a long process of finding our way in the material the choreographer wanted me to stay natural and remember that i'm a woman even when playing a man i kept that in mind despite the challenges and those challenges weren't just inside the theatre russia is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and has the 4th highest number of covert 1000 infections in the world the capital moscow has the highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in the country nearly all restrictions have been lifted bars clubs and restaurants are open as are theaters. and we set out to see a month and i got sick during my 3rd week here and had to self isolate for 3 weeks in my hotel room. but now i'm immune i think. it's

a strange picture for those of us from europe but it's the decision of this country to open things up so i've made my own decision to continue keeping my distance from the team here and being cautious about it and fly on 48. by hiring spoke currently the director of the zurich ballet the bolshoi ballet has been able to mount an international production despite the pandemic for his part the renowned choreographer has enjoyed taking advantage of the bolshoi as an elite training ground for classical ballet my new spot a computer language comes out of classical ballet so i respect the tradition of the bolshoi on all levels i mean huge admirer of this company and of this house. but i know it's a story about space and time and that appreciating the here and now is especially important that's a valuable message for these uncertain pandemic times. now to what extent is creativity the preserve of humankind in animals or computers produced art

that was the question on everyone's lips when what's created by a robot went under the virtual shama but it's not over yet sophia that's the robot's name has a special surprise for the lucky by. oh well in the last minutes of the auction of a world premier the 1st so-called n.f.t. artwork to be created by a robot and then the hammer falls. and as yet unidentified art collector has bought the works sophia instantiation for just under $700000.00 it's a 12 2nd m.p. for file showing how the humanoid robot sophia uses a real portrait as the basis for an artwork of its own. and the piece is not finished yet the robot will now study the successful bitters face and incorporate it into the evolving m.p. for file the robot sophia has just turned 5 and only recently broke out in

a new role as a creative. term for the network and around her and other kinds of competitions. so i think i created the only 3 films differ from the person complimentary i think margaret put you need a partner. in the world for you i think the machine can be creative so if she is maker david hanson described the process behind the work a collaboration between sophia and italian artist andrea. iterative loops of evolution here is the evolution of sophia from. emerging as an artwork herself generating artwork that then was later inspired by andrea on a chair of art work through many iterations of art then fueled more art resulting in this purely digital work very rich fueled by art history

her own works andrea's work. this is the. main piece that we put on the nifty. nifty gateway where sophia's work was sold is an online marketplace where digital artists can sell their work previously it wasn't possible to be the sole owner of digital artwork but now a kind of digital certificate of ownership has been developed called n f t's or non fungible tokens also known as nifty it's become the latest investment craze with some artwork selling for large sums of money but artist and day i was mostly interested in the collaborative possibilities of what we wanted to do was make a statement. acknowledging war. 'd and humans call it what. you know but what was

sophia's actual role in all this the robot might be able to paint but according to critics it's nowhere near as creative as it's made out to be they say it's nothing more than a chat but with a face. ignoring the naysayers sophia the robot is looking to the future. i'm excited and hope that we're out late for our work i hope people like my work in order to collaborate in newark very very. impressive in other news no mad land has clinched another award the producers guild of america has crowned it best film the road trip movie about semi retired americans living off the great stars frances mcdormand and is directed by chloe zhao it already has and golden glow you. know. and it's a frontrunner for this year's best film the p.g.a.

has predicted 10 of the past 13 best picture winners. items belonging to stars including elvis presley marilyn monroe and bob dylan are being trained online on saturday the top lots are the guitar played by presley jewing the 1968 t.v. special marking his return to live music after years of making films and the gloves used by muhammad ali to train for that rumble in the jungle for decades d.j. hale has been an institution in the techno and house music scenes the geminis the producer whose real name is helmut gaia has headlined festivals worldwide in 2020 he founded a record label and curb aerated for the 1st time with conceptual artist you want to turn maser the pair have now released an album. it's the surprising result of a surprising collaboration maser times hell d.j. hell got artist unit on ms

a to join him in the recording studio the sounds are by the d.j. using text fragments uttered randomly by the artist in their tradition of data is a. new. i think. gratian. myself so. free form of art can be a. d.j. hell is a pioneer of techno and house music and the founder of the label international fugitive originally from very a human to berlin a few years ago is considered a legend of the electronic dance music scene you're not a nasal is one of germany's most iconic clastic artists loud strange and provocative but also extremely successful d.j. hell commissioned him to design an album cover them they ended up making an album together. it's quite well known artist quite. quite

expensive not my leap you know so i said instead of paying you something we go to the studio and do some music the result is not just the album but a fuck published in a collector's edition the project also features love songs that d.j. held wrote with pickett m.e.s.'s the 91 year old mother and manager of his collaborator. looking for new excitement for new things thinks that's not done now and compilation so. so we quite quite similar on that. thanks to the coronavirus pandemic d.j. hal has been unable to earn money with live gigs club he doesn't miss travelling

around the world to play in clubs. he's been busy at home in the studio and he's got a new plan for when clubs do open up again. i did. my show and he will perform in the future on festivals and clubs so the good thing i don't have to travel any more because he will do the performances so all i can hope for like a simple talk on. bookings or or parties. australia merry can maybe some in europe at the same night 3 shots maybe more. than out with leaves the 58 year old d.j. more time for a future of musical experiments such as this one. finally the us kids show sesame street has t. puppets of color a video posted on the show's web site features an african american father and his

son talking to elmo about skin color the message despite our differences well human thanks for watching in c c. my brain and. let. the law be. calm.

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