“Renewal is possible, and the role model is ballet. Shorn of stars in the 1980s, ballet reinvented itself in an ever-widening plurality — global franchises like the Riverdance troupe at one end of the barre, one-man wizards like Hofesh Shechter and Akram Khan at the other. Dance today is no longer a unified art form but a web of multicultures, each with a discrete character and a devoted attendance.”