Has there ever been a dance career with more ups and downs than Twyla Tharp's? Or with more varied ambitions? Or larger… — Robert Gottlieb Ambition Copy Share Image
There is no consolation for anyone in the Scott Peterson story, and no final illumination. — Robert Gottlieb Anyone Copy Share Image
The best seat in the house often depends on the ballet. For instance, much of the first act of 'The Nutcracker' is… — Robert Gottlieb Act Copy Share Image
Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work. — Robert Gottlieb British Copy Share Image
Just as I was turning fifteen, in the spring of 1946, my parents took me to see 'The Glass Menagerie,' well into… — Robert Gottlieb Because Copy Share Image
City Ballet has to develop choreographers of stature and a new approach to coaching before everything we value about it fades away… — Robert Gottlieb About Copy Share Image
Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. — Robert Gottlieb Balance Copy Share Image
The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority. — Robert Gottlieb Authority Copy Share Image
'Eclipse' is overlong and overly self-conscious, but it isn't a fake or a zero; it just gets exhausting. It raises a crucial… — Robert Gottlieb Concept Copy Share Image
We all need each other in publishing to make publishing work for authors in a variety of formats now and in the… — Robert Gottlieb About Copy Share Image
Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers. — Robert Gottlieb Categories Copy Share Image
Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced. — Robert Gottlieb Always Copy Share Image
City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis. — Robert Gottlieb Artistic Copy Share Image
Almost the first thing you see after entering the Houdini exhibition at the Jewish Museum is a large-screen film of Harry Houdini… — Robert Gottlieb After Copy Share Image
'Paquita' has a patchy history, beginning in 1846, and a patchy plot. — Robert Gottlieb Beginning Copy Share Image
Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called 'Call Me Ben,'… — Robert Gottlieb About Copy Share Image
Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to… — Robert Gottlieb Any Copy Share Image
When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway. — Robert Gottlieb America Copy Share Image
If you like being battered, the work of Savion Glover - one-time child prodigy - should be up your alley. I don't,… — Robert Gottlieb Alley Copy Share Image
When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes. — Robert Gottlieb Action Copy Share Image
As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with… — Robert Gottlieb Ballet Copy Share Image
It's often the case that the most strained moments in books are the very beginning and the very end - the getting… — Robert Gottlieb Again Copy Share Image
