New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lovette’s new work The Shaded Line is for the young and woke. Unfortunately, I am neither. The work, which debuted Thursday, is a continuation of Lovette’s exploration of gender norms and conformity in society …
Month: September 2019

Jewels Opens NYCB Fall Season
I’m thrilled that it’s finally ballet season after a long summer layoff. What better way to start the New York City Ballet fall season than with the Balanchine 1967 classic Jewels, which consists of with three plotless, unrelated segments: Emeralds, Rubies, …

Baryshnikov Interview on CNN Larry King Live, 2002
I recently ran across an old VHS recording I made of ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov on CNN’s Larry King Live (how many people know what a VHS tape is?). The interview was from May 2002 after publication of Joan Acocella’s …