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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
Imagine a college class without tests or term papers, one in
which students come face-to-face with some of the most talented
people in American life. We did, not long ago, and now TIME is
sponsoring an extraordinary lecture series at New York University's
School of Continuing Education called "The Creative Edge."
Organized by Richard Brown, an assistant professor of humanities,
the program uses both film and live interviews to explore the
creative process of six great artists: writers Arthur Miller and
Tom Wolfe, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, composer and lyricist Stephen
Sondheim, actress Helen Hayes and photographer Yousuf Karsh. "We
saw this as a special opportunity," says Anne Janas, our manager
of public affairs. "These are all people at the top of their fields
and people TIME has written about throughout their careers."
Our sponsorship of the N.Y.U. program is part of a
long-standing tradition of support for education and the arts.
Since 1935, the TIME Education Program has helped teachers put our
magazine to use in the classroom. Three years ago, we began
awarding $3,000 scholarships to 20 outstanding college students
from around the country for their academic and extracurricular
achievements. We have donated more than 1,500 original artworks
made for TIME covers to the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington, where they are permanently displayed.
"The Creative Edge" struck us as an exciting way to expand our
educational contributions. The goal of the program, says N.Y.U.'s
Brown, has been to answer the question "What is it really like to
create?"
The audience that gathered last week for an evening with
Nureyev caught a glimpse of the answer. On-screen, the dancer
leaped and pirouetted in a dazzling 20-minute film review of his
career. But the best was yet to come. When the lights went up,
Nureyev strode onstage for a one-hour interview with Brown. The
ebullient dancer talked candidly about his theatrical life, from
his youth in the Soviet Union to his present role as artistic
director of the Paris Opera Ballet. While performances like that
are hard acts to follow, TIME and N.Y.U. are already plotting a
regular series of "Creative Edge" encores for next year.