I don’t know what’s going on with the folks over at WNYC. They just can’t seem to figure out how to solve a problem like La Rocco (Claudia La Rocco, that is…)
Does everyone remember the good old days when L. Ro. had her own blog, and it was like a huge success?!
And then remember when [...]
Performance Club, Now from concentrate!
“The Christ in Me” and “The Bagwell in Me”: A comparative analysis
Below, you will find a post that I prepared weeks ago but didn’t get around to finalizing. It’s a revisit to Ann Liv Young’s “The Bagwell in Me.” It’s a kind of mega-rant, full of twists and turns, perversities, theories, doubts, and, as always, criticisms. I know this makes me officially obsessed with her work, [...]
TO DO: Live chat with L. Ro.!
Today at 3pm, WNYC’s blog is hosting a live chat with Claudia La Rocco and Nathan Lee.
Details are few, but whatever, any chat with L. Ro. is bound to be like chicken soup for the critical soul. (Cheesy and delicious!)
I’ll update later on as soon as it becomes clear exactly how the hell this is [...]
L. Ro. enters the Blogo
Stop the presses!
No really. Stop ‘em.
Because The Times has eased its exclusivity grip on at least one of its stringers, and allowed none other than Claudia La Rocco (aka, L. Ro.)…TO START A BLOG!
“The Culturist” is being hosted by WNYC and promises to host some inspiring confab. In her maiden post, L. Ro. writes:
…with [...]
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] [...]
THE 2007 COUNTER CRITIC AWARDS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
We know we’ve only been in action since May, but we’ve been toiling away like little Christmas elves to bring you the badest, most awesomest, completely ridiculous critical commentary out there. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve tore a few new holes. But mainly, we’ve been genius. So we’re going out in 2007 by honoring the [...]
Semi-Douche: L. Ro. on Doug Elkins
Now, y’all know we could eat us up some Claudia La Rocco like, any day. And you know, this is going to hurt us more than it hurts her, but what must be done, must be done.
Thus…in her otherwise erudite and kick-ass endorsement of Doug Elkin’s Sound of Music inspired dance piece at Joe’s Pub, [...]
Them’s Fightin’ Words
THE FIRST EVER: MEGA DOUCHE
It’s pretty rare these days that one critic will call out another critic for his/her work. Well, okay, except for here at Counter Critic. So how awesomely surprised were we when we found out that hacky old retard with an Arts Journal blog, John Perreault, sent a flaming bag of shit [...]
L. Ro. on the Radio
Life just got a little sweeter. Times dance critic, Claudia La Rocco (aka L. Ro.) has been making guest spots on radio WNYC, talking about all kinds of whatnot while bringing her crazy awesome genius to listeners everywhere. Well, at least in the greater New York City area. That’s still a lot.
At any rate, check [...]
Critics Award of the Day: L. Ro. on Goldberg
Choreographers: Claudia La Rocco got your back.
The 60’s nostalgia that folks have been mainlining during this year’s Performa extravaganza, has been irking me to no small degree. You all know how we feel about this. While I’m down with taking the best things we learned from that era, and moving forward with it–recognizing the present [...]
