Arlene Croce

The best of America's best writer on dance "Theoretically, I am ready to go to anything-once. If it moves, I'm interested; if it moves to music, I'm in love." From 1973 until 1996 Arlene Croce was The New Yorker's dance critic, a post created for her. Her entertaining, forthright, passionate reviews and essays have revealed the logic and history of ballet, modern dance, and their postmodern variants to a generation of theatergoers. This volume contains...

"From 1973 until 1998 Arlene Croce wrote The New Yorker's Dancing column, which was created for her. Her reviews and essays revealed the logic and history of ballet, modern dance, and their post-modern variants to a generation of theatergoers. The reviews offer vital commentary on the late workds of George Balanchine and on such classics as The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Cinderella. Ms. Croce chronicles the flourishing careers of Paul Taylor, Twyla...