Posted
5:57 PM
by Gene
It should not take telescopic eyes or x-ray vision to discern the problem with AH-pe-RA and thea-TAH and MOVEES is afflicting ballet. It doesn't matter who choreographs it; Tchaikovsky's not writing dance routines anymore. Thousands of cri-TICS ogling the latest tuneless AH-pe-RAs to within an inch of their lives have not brought that moribund form back to life, whatever that fan clique roughly analogous to SELIGISM's, who make it look far more prosperous than it is. And in the serious ahts we all know what new means. New means BAD. It's unfortunate but there's no getting around the high-cultural history of the last 75 years.
(Via the usual AHTSJournal, furrowing its brow in worry)