By Peggy McGlone | Washington Post. Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum’s current exhibition on 1980s pop art raises serious questions about consumerism, marketing and the artist as a brand, but it also spotlights a less cerebral issue facing many museums today. Where do they get all those old video monitors, and how come they still work?. It’s simple: The Hirshhorn has a guy. Kurt Sadler is the museum world’s secret weapon, an old-tech guru who operates out of a warehouse in the suburbs of Minnesota’s Twin Cities. He sells and services the retro monitors that are critical for exhibitions such as the Hirshhorn’s “Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s,” a multi-artist, multimedia examination of a decade that features many time-based works — video, film, slide and computer-generated imagery.

Last December, the production had its world premiere and was warmly received, No surprise, given its provenance, In more than three decades with the company, Gabay’s repertoire ran long and deep, with roles ranging from Giselle to the Cowgirl in dance glitter shirt, personalized name with sparkle ballet shoes, gift for girls Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, But it was as Marie in Dennis Nahat’s rendition of The Nutcracker that she achieved lasting renown among local fans, Given the opportunity to put her stamp on the holiday classic, Gabay hewed to the blueprint as determined by American Ballet Theatre, Ballet San Jose’s artistic partner since 2011, But, she says, “There are more feminine touches; it’s told from a woman’s point of view.” She adds, “I try to keep it as more of a love story–of a girl who is just discovering the idea of love–rather than it being just about a candy palace.”..

Participating artists are Alejandro Ruvalcaba, April Rose Regis, Aurora Eastman, Brenda Rios, Brianna Munoz-Yost, Darin Smith, David Currie, Douglas Minton, Elisa Garcia, Imani Reeves, Janelle Celestine, Jaxson Schuler, Jay Von Chatman, Jose Tabora, Julio Ramirez, Karena Melton, Kevin de La Torre, Kirti Khanna, Liliana Dearcia, Mackenzie O’Brien, Makaila Brindle, Sarina Sylva, Sheryl Bowers, Shyann Arce, Sonia Martinez and Zach Bowlen. Umpqua Bank is at 3700 Lone Tree Way and is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit www.art4antioch.org or call Diane Gibson-Gray at 925-325-9897.

The South Bay’s major resident dance company announced March 4 that it had to come up with $550,000 by March 14 or face its final curtain, Lovers of dance, from kids who pitched in $5 to Dan and Charmaine Warmenhoven, longtime arts dance glitter shirt, personalized name with sparkle ballet shoes, gift for girls patrons who wrote a $100,000 check, rallied around the troupe in force during the 10-day push, “We are so touched and grateful to everyone in the community,” said ballet CEO Alan Hineline, “We see this as a real mandate showing that people in San Jose care, not just about the ballet, but about the arts in general.”..

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