Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance. Robert Gottlieb arielbalancecaliban Change image and share on social
The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them. Robert Gottlieb balletcompanydancer Change image and share on social
'Eclipse' is a concept piece, and its concept centers on 36 large light bulbs strung from above in a geometrical pattern and at different heights, some of them at times down below the dancers' chest level. Robert Gottlieb bulbcenterchest share on social
We know how Merce Cunningham works and how he thinks - we've been told, over and over again, by him and by others. Robert Gottlieb cunninghamhavemerce Change image and share on social
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another tale of a ballerina driven mad and suicidal. Robert Gottlieb ballerinaballetblack Change image and share on social
Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it. Robert Gottlieb artballetform Change image and share on social
I was the only child, and I know my father had certain thoughts about me. He was a lawyer and extremely literary, but he would have been much happier if I had wanted to be a lawyer, a scientist, an engineer. But what I wanted to do was read. Robert Gottlieb childengineerextremely share on social
Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets. Robert Gottlieb balletbrilliantcomic Change image and share on social
Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called 'Call Me Ben,' combining ultra-generic dance, terrible dialogue and disastrous storytelling, about the founding of Las Vegas by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who insists, violently, on being addressed as 'Ben.' Robert Gottlieb balletbarakben share on social
A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival. Robert Gottlieb acknowledgecelebratediet Change image and share on social