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February 15:

February 15, 2009 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

The marvel of Balanchine's one-act "Swan Lake"  … [Read more...]

GO: Balanchine’s one-act “Swan Lake”

February 15, 2009 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Earlier this season, worrying over the first-time Balanchine audience drawn by the $25 orchestra seats at New York City Ballet, I warned against the Short Stories program. My thinking: though Balanchine's genius for unleashing the comedy in such recognizable genres as the tale of a toy animated by real feelings or the twisty gangster thriller runs through "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" and … [Read more...]

Friday, February 6:

February 6, 2009 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Women dancers at New York City Ballet are losing their heads … [Read more...]

Heads and Eyes

February 6, 2009 by Apollinaire Scherr 1 Comment

I was just going to write about the lost heads and clichéd eyes of our women ballet dancers when The New Yorker's Joan Acocella came out with a Critic's Notebook, "All Smiles," that begins, An epidemic of flirtiness has attacked our ballet companies. The dancers woo us, grin at us, give us saucy looks. "I'm going to do something special," they say. Then they do it. Then they cock an eye at us as … [Read more...]

Apollinaire Scherr

is the New York-based dance critic for the Financial Times. She has written regularly for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Newsday, as well as SF Weekly and the East Bay Express, in the Bay Area. She has contributed to... Read More…

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