Maybe (this dance will last) Forever
Cynical Dance Review Written In Internal Commentary: Meg Stuart/Philipp Gehmacher “Maybe Forever” @ DTW
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Notes On A Vanguard: Video Art From France
Images of Alienation: Chez Bushwick Presents Video Art from France
The latest essay I’ve contributed to Chez Bushwick’s new blog, Notes On A Vanguard, hosted on Doug Fox’s Great Dance.
Maazel Takes Wagner For A Ride
Opera Review: Lorin Maazel’s “Die Walküre” at The Met
If you studied music, watching a Wagner opera is a bit like standing outside a movie premier: you crane your neck in anticipation of the celebrities you know will be strutting down the red carpet. In the case of Die Walküre, which wraps up its well-praised run [...]
Atonality as Alternative
The following is the text of a comment I posted on Greg Sandow’s ArtsJournal blog. It is the third and final comment I left in a thread of conversation dealing with the issue of how to bring young audiences into classical music.
My comments here resonate with a lot of the criticism I’ve been writing on [...]
Sandowlicious
Yo yo. Check out the chatter over at Greg Sandow’s ArtsJournal blog.
In this post, Greg proposes solutions to the problem of how to bring young audiences into classical music. C.C. got her panties twisted and played a little devil’s advocate.
Then Greg spins off our conversation into a new thread: costs of classical music vs. pop.
These [...]
Critics Award of the Day (CAD): L. Ro., for calling shit out
OMG. How hot is this!?
C.C. BFF and NYT dance critic, Claudia La Rocco, just sent a giant spit-ball hurling toward the ballet universe. Basically, she’s like, WTF is with ballet and old crappy sets from the sixties? We totally agree.
Christopher Wheeldon tries to excuse the disconnect with this theory:
“It’s O.K. that [the visual elements are] [...]
Notes On A Vanguard: Alexandre Roccoli, “The Unbecoming Solo”
Here is a link to the first essay I contributed for Chez Bushwick’s “Force Majeure” series, as posted on Chez Bushwick’s new blog, Notes On A Vanguard, hosted on Doug Fox’s Great Dance.
It should be pointed out that, while I did not review this performance on Counter Critic, I did jump to its defense when [...]
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Walt Disney was my hero.” -John Corigliano, this morning on NY1.
D’ju know?
Film Review in Brief: “Juno”
Before we go showering Juno with Academy Awards (should we even get to see that happen), we just wanted to post some random thoughts on the indie-hit of the moment that has taken the country (and the critics) by storm.
C.C. checked this shit out on Monday, and, well, sorry to harsh [...]
