NEW YORK (AP) ― If you’ve ever seen British choreographer Matthew Bourne’s version of “Swan Lake,’’ you already know that his birds aren’t the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.They’re muscular, menacing and very, very male ― and now they’re something else: 3-D, for one night only at a movie theater near you.When Bourne’s distinctive, testosterone-heavy flock swoops in Tuesday to some 220 theaters across the U.S., it will be only the second time a full ballet is presented in 3-D, after “Gise

NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s a simple scene that repeats itself around the world.A man gently lifts a small child by the arms as they reach the top of the escalator inside a modern department store.In this particular photograph, the man and the child are in Pyongyang, capital of the communist country where life’s daily activities are largely a mystery to the rest of the world. A photo exhibit that opened Thursday at a gallery in New York includes images such as these, as well as magnificent landscapes,

Universal Ballet Troupe takes Tchaikovsky classic to S. AfricaJOHANNESBURG ― More than 1,000 audience members were mesmerized by the Korean Odette when the curtain came down on the final act of the Tchaikovsky classic, “Swan Lake,” in Johannesburg, Friday.The Universal Ballet Company’s first show on its South African tour was greeted with tumultuous applause and a standing ovation at Joburg Theatre, with members of the sold-out audience repeatedly cheering bravo as the dancers took their bows.Th

IT devices, multimedia fuel already  growing popularity of magicJin Hyo-beom, a professional magician based in Gwangju, was tired of doing the same old magic tricks on stage. But the 30-year-old illusionist had an idea ― magic tricks for digital devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs.The iPhone and iPad have become the main tools for Jin’s acts on stage. With the gadgets, he can conjure up pretty much everything from a cup of coffee to a bunch of roses. People love the idea of turning the sa

Exhibitions“Meditation & Healing”: N Gallery presents works by South Korean artist Kim Hong-tae. Kim has consistently created, for the past two decades of his career, paintings of simple surfaces and lines which ponder the themes “primitive and child.” At the exhibition, visitors can view about 30 of Kim’s abstract paintings on the theme and also some landscape paintings. The exhibition runs through April 5 at N Gallery in Seohyeon-dong, Gyeonggi Province. Fore more information, call (070) 7430-

Gana Art Seoul holds retrospective exhibition of artist Lee Sook-jaIt was like stepping into a house full of windows, each with a view of a vast barley field. The framed canvases hanging on the second floor of Gana Art Seoul were brimful of barley stalks swaying in Indian pink, light purple, beige and many shades of green, depending on the season the artist had in mind. The museum in Pyeongchang-dong, central Seoul, is showcasing about 40 paintings and 30 croquis by South Korean Lee Sook-ja, kno

Nam June Paik Art Center commemorates 80th anniversary of Paik’s birth and centenary of U.S. composer John CageAlthough the rest of the audience gasped in horror, John Cage broke out in laughter when Paik Nam-june cut off his necktie in the middle of a piano concert. The South Korean artist had suddenly leaped down to Cage during his 1960 performance of “Etude for Piano Forte” in Cologne, Germany. The U.S. composer and artist was probably one of the few in the audience who understood and enjoyed

Art sleuths said on Monday they believe they have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece on a hidden wall in a palace in Florence that has not been seen in over four centuries. A close-up of Giorgio Vasari`s fresco bearing the words "Cerca Trova",( seek and you shall find), that is painted

Savina Museum of Contemporary Art presents interactive, real-time ‘social networking arts’A hideous looking robot came to life when the number posted on one of its arms was called on a phone. Various parts of the robot creaked and turned, and drops of reddish brown paint slid down a thin tube onto a feather swooshing across a white canvas laid in the center of the machine. A colorful abstract painting was created only a few minutes later. When the caller says it is finished, it is finished. The