Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

Being new to the toils of bloggerdom, I’ve been wondering whether to vent a single particle until I got the “Prelude” story up. I decided to do some research prior to posting it and am right in the middle of … Continue reading →

Being perfect for a role, having the capacity to illuminate it with genius or something near it, is anything but a guarantee that the dancer will be allowed to perform that role. Indeed, it can lessen his or her chances, … Continue reading →

BRSum09DanceCritcismBallet Review’s current issue contains a transcript of the panel on dance criticism that I moderated at the 2008 Dance Critics Associaton annual conference, held last year in Washington, D.C. Marvin Hoshino, BR’s Associate Editor and Designer, has sent me … Continue reading →

In the Diaghilev exhibit at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, the presence of first-hand documents makes the past breathe all but audibly. As dance is always a buyer’s market, one lesson learned — perhaps too frequently — … Continue reading →