How much is originality worth? Apollinaire considers the case of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Orbo Novo. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
If the movement is original but induces nausea, should a critic complain or celebrate?
I didn't do either in my review for the Financial Times tomorrow of the popular European choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Orbo Novo. There were other things, for which I felt distinct dislike, such as the dance's confusion about its stance towards its material (a woman entering nirvana by suffering--if that's even the right way to put it-- a stroke). It's okay for the choreographer to be … [Read more...]
Saturday October 17
Why the Balanchine Trust may have to play policeman … [Read more...]
More on online dance-video collections, and why the likes of the Balanchine Trust might need to shut them down…[Wait: No they needn’t. Breaking News from real Lawyer]
After posting Foot contributor Paul Parish's eloquent and provocative outcry on the YouTube crackdown on user Ketinoa's large video collection, I received some illuminating information on copyright law from Marc Kirshner, of the newly formed Tendu TV. Here it is, filtered through the law-ignorant mind of moi: --In order to maintain their right to certain dances, organizations such as the … [Read more...]
Wednesday, October 14
This week in dance: from the sublime (surprisingly subtle Italian contemporary dance) to the ridiculous (a tango dancical) … [Read more...]
From the ridiculous to the sublime: two current New York shows
So, in writing about this month's ridiculous, my big dilemma was whether to allot it one star or two in the Financial Times galaxy. The dancing might have warranted two, but the story the dancing was telling was so benighted.... I finally went with one. Here's the first few paragraphs of the FT review, which came out today: Another worldwide tango show has arrived in New York, in the sixth year … [Read more...]
Tuesday October 13
What would Balanchine have thought of YouTube? Arlene Croce tells us (with an assist from novelist Jonathan Lethem). … [Read more...]
What would Balanchine have thought of a YouTube presence?
To continue Paul Parish's incredibly smart discussion of why we--potential live-dance audiences, actual live-dance audiences, committed dance enthusiasts, dance scholars--all need video libraries like the Ketinoa collection on YouTube, here are two useful sources I dug up: --Novelist Jonathan Lethem's fantastic 2007 Harper's article, "The Ecstasy of Influence," on how artmaking necessarily … [Read more...]
Sunday October 11:
Balanchine Trust puts pressure on Ketinoa ballet channel, and YouTube shuts it down. … [Read more...]
Balanchine Trust puts pressure on the Ketinoa ballet channel on YouTube, and the Tube shuts the whole massive thing down
While we're waiting for the New York Times to do some investigating on the Balanchine Trust's role in the shutting down of a 1300-video ballet archive on YouTube (nudge, nudge), here's Foot contributor Paul Parish, from the Bay Area: Hey Apollinaire -- I don't know how upsetting you find this action, but it's really big if you ask me. I went to that archive all the time and studied there for … [Read more...]