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Poetry and Dance: Quiz of the Week [by Mindy Aloff and David Lehman]
In 1893, the Symbolist poet and occasional dance critic Stéphane Mallarmé wrote in an essay on the American modern dancer Loïe Fuller that her programs using many yards of silk and complicated lighting constituted…
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Pollock, De Kooning, The “Irascibles” (and, as a farcical footnote, Body Art) [by David Lehman]
There was a strong element of doubt as well as risk in the Abstract Expressionist enterprise, and this is bound up with the quasi-religious impulse that one often feels in a Pollock or a…
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George Balanchine Was a Genius: John Clifford Breaks it Down [by John Clifford]
Editor's note: I've lately been following choreographer and former principal NYC ballet dancer John Clifford on Instagram (john_cliff26) where he posts clips of notable performances along with helpful commentary. This recent post, which I'm…
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Koufax: Hurricane Sandy Strikes Out the Side [by David Lehman]
The first Major League baseball game I ever saw took place in May 1957 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The Dodgers, my team, were taking on the New York Giants, and my father took…
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Koufax: Hurricane Sandy Strikes Out the Side [by David Lehman]
The first Major League baseball game I ever saw took place in May 1957 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The Dodgers, my team, were taking on the New York Giants, and my father took…
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“December” [by Lise Menn]
Late December Sunday. Low south sunshines deep into the house, stoopingto give a little light, a little warmth. Late life lover, quiet, bendingto look into my eyes and read remaining dreams,to quicken what you…
