On the fringe of the Nanchang factory, whose more modern workshops make fighter aircraft and ballistic missiles, a single conveyor belt runs down the middle of a cavernous room and past stacks of olive-drab steel-tube frames, bulbous black gas tanks and army-green fenders.
And the Modern Traditions workshop at the Pillow will present choreography by Taylor and others tomorrow at 6 30 p.m. at the Inside/Out Stage.
Soon thereafter, he met Versweyveld, an aspiring artist, at a modern-dance workshop in the city.
Performing in the free outdoor Inside/Out series are the quicksilver former Merce Cunningham dancer Foofwa d'Imobilite (tonight at 6 30) and the Pillow school's modern-dance workshop (tomorrow at 6 30).
Beyond the workshops, modern music will be scattered throughout the festival.
Another day I visited the textile designer Raj Kanwar, who is using old techniques to modern effect at her workshop on the outskirts of Jaipur.
One workshop, in modern Anhui province, had a shipyard where battle ships were built.
"The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern" runs through April 12; workshops and lectures on the history and culture of orchids will be held throughout.
New designs, especially geometric ones, are well suited to modern interiors, and American workshops make them in custom sizes, large enough to go wall-to-wall or as one-of-a-kind pieces.
