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Saturday, June 19

June 18, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Ashton, contemporary ballet premieres, Graham and John Jasperse: dance all around town  … [Read more...]

Ashton’s charming knowingness, Graham’s unfolding abstraction, John Jasperse’s wily truthiness, and New York City Ballet’s mixed bag (UPDATE FRIDAY 6/25)

June 14, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Starting backwards, with the Architecture of Dance festival at the New York City Ballet this season, the seven choreographers all had the option to commission a score, as well as a set by no less than famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, for their world premieres. With one ballet to go, I'm beginning to suspect this embarrassment of riches may be more embarrassment than riches-- that … [Read more...]

Saturday, June 5

June 5, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Where have all the animals gone--in ballet? … [Read more...]

Women, beasts, and ballet

June 5, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Where have all the animals gone? That's what the wild horses in Christopher Wheeldon's recent Estancia (Spanish for "ranch") made me wonder. The generation of choreographers who would have come into contact with more than cats, dogs and whatever happens to be declining at the zoo--these people rode horses (or ate them, in Balanchine's case), caught butterflies, listened to bluebirds, spied on … [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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