Tag: 12.10.01

While conceding that the Alvin Ailey company has terrific dancers, New Yorker critic Joan Acocella believes the company’s choreography has never lived up to the quality of its performers. That may be changing with the addition of Ronald Brown’s work; he comes out of a Garth Fagan tradition rather than that of Ailey. The New Yorker 12/10/01

Going to The Nutcracker is supposed to be fun, right? Nothing serious. Nothing important. A San Francisco woman takes her kids to a performance and finds the audience full of Grinches. “Their grimaces said it all: Life is a chore and going to the ballet is serious business.” San Francisco Chronicle 12/10/01