Category: dance

“Look at a portrait of Lucinda Childs’s face … and you get a portrait of her choreography: a clear, no-frills beauty; sharp intelligence that’s a little unreadable; great underlying structure.”

“MPs debated dance in education last week in response to universities minister David Willetts’ suggestion that A level dance should be given fewer points than “classic” subjects in the university admissions process earlier this year.”

“The Suzanne Farrell Ballet remains a work-in-progress that works and progresses but has yet to coalesce into the confident entity that defines a true company.”

“You should always include your audience in your working process and in the performance, but that doesn’t mean making compromises or concessions. A lot of the most interesting dance work these days is for smaller audiences. It’s very challenging to create beauty on a large scale. That goes against the stra-tegies of the mainstream entertainment industry, which is concerned with numbers and transient experiences.”

“When it went, it was like a relief because there was no pain for the first time in eight months. Then I looked down and all of this was … there,” recounted the Royal Ballet principal as he traced the outline of a bicep muscle at his elbow joint.

“The taste level of figure skating is a little bit suspect. It is, after all, a sport, and people will try to do anything to win a gold medal. … I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses – I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I’ve done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.”

“Nikolaj Hübbe, 43, the popular former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, has extended his term as artistic director at the Royal Danish Ballet for another five years, the company said on Friday.”

“The idea for New York City Ballet Moves is that it’s meant to be the same experience you would have seeing the company perform in New York. It’s just that the repertoire is selected for a smaller group,” said Katherine Brown, the company’s executive director.

“The brilliance of Wenders’ near dialogue-free movie is that he not only has the company dancing during rehearsals and performances, but he takes the dreamlike potency of their movement outside into Wuppertal’s industrial landscape, onto the streets, into the factories and into open-faced coal pits.”

“As dance advocates, teachers, and presenters, we must recognize and respect this changing landscape and open ourselves to strategies that best appeal to future generations. The art, beauty, and communication of dance deserve this.”