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Saturday, October 23

October 23, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

the exciting bother of writing about strange, meta-meta, pieces.  … [Read more...]

Conundrum: how to write about left field shows

October 23, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr 1 Comment

With dances that use an academic or codified language, the route to the matter at hand is relatively direct. Not so when not steps, not structure, but method--more intangible, less empirically provable--is the reigning force. In that case, it doesn't do for the critic to isolate effects; they are mere flotsam--analogues. Of course, writers do isolate all the time, with the result that the dance … [Read more...]

Sunday October 10

October 10, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr

The tricky craft of curation, more philosophies than a choreographer could have dreamed of, and other thoughts for the beginning of the season … [Read more...]

The tricky craft of curation, the worldviews in dances, and other thoughts from the first month of the season

October 10, 2010 by Apollinaire Scherr 2 Comments

We critics have grown rather grouchy about City Center's annual smorgasbord, the Fall for Dance festival--which is exactly like looking a gift horse in the mouth, as those $10 tickets have to be paid for by someone and it's certainly not the audience. The shows--five separate programs, with four distinct works on each-- sustain a huge loss, offset by corporate and state support. My frustration … [Read more...]

Apollinaire Scherr

is the New York-based dance critic for the Financial Times. She has written regularly for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Newsday, as well as SF Weekly and the East Bay Express, in the Bay Area. She has contributed to... Read More…

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