COVER STORY
Danger
Kurt Andersen and the choreographer Elizabeth Streb explore the dangerous sides of creating dance, music, and sculpture.

Fire Vortex
Ned Kahn is a sculptor with dangerous dreams. When a museum in Switzerland asked him what he’d always wanted to make but couldn’t quite pull off, he answered: A tornado made of fire. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to Ned Kahn’s website
Go to the Technorama museum website

Toxic Materials
The life of the average artist is not known for its sense of security. Most will experience little money, or fame, or recognition. They may dream of these things, but what many artists should be yearning for more than anything is… health insurance. Sarah Lilley explains why.
Go to Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
Go to Goya's "Saturn Devouring One of His Sons"
Go to Gamble Staempfli's site
Go to a website with more information about art hazards

Musical Injuries
We’ve all heard stories about sports and dance injuries that abruptly end careers, but musicians actually face as much physical danger as professional athletes. When trumpeter Matthew Steinfeld lost his chops and couldn’t make his horn create a decent sound, he felt helpless. Hillary Frank has the story.
Go to the Tanglewood website
Go to Dr. Dick Stasney’s website
Go to the Dystonia foundation’s website

SPECIAL GUEST
Elizabeth Streb
Elizabeth Streb is a choreographer with few boundaries. She combines elements of dance, athletics, extreme-sports, circus arts, and action-movie stunt work into a new kind of movement, where she and her dancers dive through glass and fly on the trapeze. In 1997 she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' award. And she is currently the 'Dean's Special Scholar' at New York University at the Draper Program working towards an M.A. in Time and Space studying Physics, Philosophy and Architecture.
Go to Elizabeth Streb’s website

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Commentary
The Spectacle of Reality
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Design for the Real World
Vespa
It zips around and comes in irresistible candy colors. The icon of mid-century transportation chic has recently returned to the States with plenty of buzz. And Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, has her own soft spot for the Vespa Motor Scooter. Produced by Angela Frucci.
Go to Vespa’s website about the Granturismo
Go to an article about the Vespa Granturismo 200L
Go to a website with information about tours of Rome on Vintage Vespas
Go to the Piaggio Museum website

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