began life in 2003, when Douglas McLennan invited me to write for ArtsJournal. Since then, essays and reviews that I’ve published elsewhere have also been posted on this site. A complete archive of the SEEING THINGS site contains all of these postings.
When I started SEEING THINGS, I wrote: “Ever since I can remember, I’ve had three particular passions: children, especially pre-literate children (the subset of human society containing the densest population of poets); how people say what they say and the multiple (often ambiguous) meanings that lie behind the words; and looking at things. These loves have spawned my work: writing books for the very young; oral history projects; writing about dance and the visual and decorative arts. Electronic publication has opened new horizons for writing. That’s why I’m here.”
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costas cacaroukas on Youth in Bloom
Very well thought out and well written, as usual, Tobi. Many thanks.Daniel Benton on Youth in Bloom
Very nice! You manage to capture the spirit of the performance and give us a larger context in which to...Michael Noga on Keeping Count
I saw this performance and enjoyed it. I have seen three of Justin Peck's works and noticed that he...Leo Greenbaum on Dvorovenko Moves On
Superb Classical technique. Beautiful woman. Will miss her.Richard Chang on Keeping Count
I so agree with you, Tobi: "... dance is not made of ideas but rather of people moving to music...Martha Ullman West on Keeping Count
"frosty abstraction that offers very little to see..." does seem to be the order of the day for a lot...Mary Cargill on Dvorovenko Moves On
"Enigma Variations", certainly, would count for married love in a ballet.Jann Parry on Dvorovenko Moves On
Apropos Onegin's mature love pas de deux: can you think of any other ballets in which a married couple express...Shelley KOLIN on Dvorovenko Moves On
I was introduced to Irina and Maxim during the Southern Ballet Theatre days with Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler. We...Alice Helpern on Dvorovenko Moves On
I've seen a number of performances with Irina and Maxim and each of them with other partners but in the...