Dancing With Cartoonist Jules Feiffer

“Anyone who has ever wondered if modern dance would be better off with supertitles will giggle over a dancer who backs up her every random and extravagant move with a whole paragraph of exposition. And anyone else–who knows how little dance and talk have in common–will appreciate the goofy aplomb with which the Dancer exposes the art form’s naïve hopes and pretensions.”

New York City Opera Finally Sets 2011-21 Plans

“Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte at John Jay College. Verdi’s Traviata at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. A Telemann opera at the Museo del Barrio. … [Plus] staged performances of two works in February: a piece of 19th-century standard repertory and a 21st-century opera, presumably the previously announced Prima Donna by the singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright.”