How Mark Morris Subverts Hoary Romantic Clichés: Alastair Macaulay Analyzes ‘Love Song Waltzes’

“Even when they waltz, [the dancers] don’t have the lifted posture and arching polish of the best ballroom performers; they’re more ornery than that. … The men arch back — rapturous, trusting — in their women’s arms. Whereupon the women promptly drop them — splat! — to the floor.” (Face down, no less.) (includes video clips)