One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great. — Robert Gottlieb Great Copy Share Image
Paris, as always, is swarming with Americans, and these days, it's also swarming with hamburgers. Oddly, though, it's not typically the Americans… — Robert Gottlieb Also Copy Share Image
How can educated and sophisticated viewers react so differently to a work of art? Is it just Kulture Klash? No, since most… — Robert Gottlieb Art Copy Share Image
In traditional 'Swan Lakes,' it's Prince Siegfried's 21st-birthday celebration, his coming-of-age. The entire court, from his mother the Queen on down, is… — Robert Gottlieb Birthday Copy Share Image
In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance. — Robert Gottlieb Apparently Copy Share Image
Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870, having produced fifteen novels, many of which can confidently be called great, as… — Robert Gottlieb Accomplished Copy Share Image
Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable. — Robert Gottlieb About Copy Share Image
Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the… — Robert Gottlieb Allow Copy Share Image
Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than… — Robert Gottlieb Along Copy Share Image
'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly. — Robert Gottlieb Composer Copy Share Image
The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina… — Robert Gottlieb America Copy Share Image
Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy. — Robert Gottlieb Books Copy Share Image
You have to surrender to a book. If you do, when something in it seems to be going askew, you are wounded.… — Robert Gottlieb Appear Copy Share Image
At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart. — Robert Gottlieb Certain Copy Share Image
For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with… — Robert Gottlieb Ballet Copy Share Image
'Black Swan' does what Hollywood movies have always done - it spends its energies on getting some surface things right while getting… — Robert Gottlieb Always Copy Share Image
We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her… — Robert Gottlieb Best Copy Share Image
'Eclipse' is a concept piece, and its concept centers on 36 large light bulbs strung from above in a geometrical pattern and… — Robert Gottlieb Above Copy Share Image
Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance. — Robert Gottlieb Balance Copy Share Image
It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree. — Robert Gottlieb Always Copy Share Image
The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever. — Robert Gottlieb Curtain Copy Share Image
'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot. — Robert Gottlieb About Copy Share Image
Despite the rigid classicism of the famous Paris Opera school and company, the French have done more than their share to unmoor… — Robert Gottlieb Business Copy Share Image
