Ballet is in crisis, with fresh talent and ideas struggling to break through and the major companies obsessed with 200-year-old productions at the expense of new work, according to the head of Sadler’s Wells, in remarks sure to cause a sharp intake of breath backstage at his more traditional rivals. Much of the large ballet companies’ […]
Jennifer Homans
Apollo’s Angels, the new book on ballet has got everyone talking
Jennifer Homans is a historian and critic who was also a professional dancer: She brings to Apollo’s Angels a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. She traces the evolution of technique, choreography, and performance in clean, clear prose, drawing readers into the intricacies of the art with vivid descriptions of dances and the artists who […]
