Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman, a former dancer: "I think it's a second-and-a-half dance that you do hundreds of times and it's really repetitive, but gosh-darn, I do think it's a dance. It's poetry. It's balance. It's grace. It's power." - The Washington Post on MSN
Bradford Chin: "I love that, although most of us dancers are not Olympic athletes, we treat every performance like the Olympics. But, like the Olympics, the dance world is plagued by the contradictory values of self-care and 'team effort' heroism." - Dance Magazine
"The future of the museum" — which has had financial and administrative problems ever since it opened in 1987 — "and its affiliated school in a restored bathhouse in Saratoga Spa State Park is unclear. It is being absorbed into the Saratoga Performing Arts Center." - Albany Times Union
The dancer, who was an intern at the time, accuses ballet teacher Mitchell Taylor Button and his wife, then-principal Dusty Button, of various abuses, especially Mitchell for "using his position of power to groom, control and sexually abuse vulnerable young dancers." - WBUR
"At times, the plot’s inevitable murder, sexual intrigue and family secrets seem almost incidental to the auditions and rehearsals, the bickering dancers and complaining parents, the punishing toe shoes and pulled muscles." - Washington Post
Todd Bolender and Janet Reed "were expert ballet comedians, a rare talent, and intelligent, witty, well-read human beings" - and responsible for the establishment and quality of many, many U.S. ballet companies. - The Oregonian
Arthur Jacobus's 12-year tenure has seen the company rebrand itself as an organization committed to creativity and innovation, followed by a reversal of that initiative with the forced departure of artistic director John McFall at the end of the 2015–16 season and the hiring of Gennadi Nedvigin. - ArtsATL
Principals from ABT (Calvin Royal III and Misty Copeland), NY City Ballet (Tiler Peck), the Martha Graham company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane, Ballet Hispánico, Passion Fruit Dance Company, and Kaatsbaan (Stella Abrera), plus Savion Glover himself, consider the present and near future. - Harper's Bazaar
"These days, dance brings me a deep pain and pronounced lack of joy that I never fathomed it could. The excitement with which I cheer on my friends as they return to in-person performances is mixed with a bitter and, dare I say, resentful sadness." - Dance Magazine
Alas, the practice goes at least back to the days of jazz dance at the start of the 20th century, when the first legal battles over choreography were fought. - The Conversation
"Success isn’t how many awards you win, or how many five-star reviews you get. Success is built on how quickly you bounce back, how you take the lessons. Everything in between is just wounded ego.” - The Guardian
The 39-year-old's decision to end his 20-year career with the company next May comes three years after the scandal roiled City Ballet and two weeks after colleague Georgina Pazcoguin revealed in a book that he would regularly tweak her nipples as a greeting. - The New York Times
Kara Medoff Barnett will be leaving to lead social impact marketing and strategy at First Republic Bank and develop the recently established First Republic Foundation. - The New York Times
The Ailey company has performed on six continents for millions of people. His 1960 ballet “Revelations" is considered a cultural treasure. - Washington Post
