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There’s an incredible array of restored films being shown over the next month at “To Save and Project,” the Museum of Modern Art’s 11th International Festival of Film Preservation.

Concerning a new Australian web magazine on dance for which she’ll be the New York correspondent: The Fjord Review edited by Penelope Ford.

James Wolcott gobbles the book!

I went back to NYCB again Wednesday night, and it was another good performance.   Really very good: putting-on-the-dog caliber! Glad to see — The principal women thinking about their backs. The men considerably improved at every rank. The female corps … Continue reading →

For City Arts, I review revivals of George Kelly’s 1931 Philip Goes Forth at the Mint, and Rachel Crothers’ A Man’s World at the Metropolitan.

I don’t know how she does it.  Last night Laura and I went to New York City Ballet.  Early this morning, Laura entrained to another city to cover an exhibit for a certain prestigious publication. En route she sent me … Continue reading →

It was interesting– the open-air Delacorte theater didn’t afford real wings at the Fall for Dance opening two weeks ago. Dancing Esplanade, Paul Taylor’s dancers have to make frequent exits and re-entries and while they were waiting remained open to … Continue reading →

We had advance copies of the current Ballet Review with part 2 of my interview series with Wilde just about the time that Dance Magazine editor Wendy Perron informed me that PW was going to receive the Dance Magazine award! … Continue reading →

Pia Catton writes in The Wall Street Journal about ballet start-ups and splinter groups.

Apollinaire Scherr’s review in the Financial Times of Preljocaj’s new “Spectral Evidence”  at New York City Ballet makes it sound intriguing.  I’ll try to catch it next week.