Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers. Robert Gottlieb balancerballerinacategory Change image and share on social
What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form. Robert Gottlieb artballetform Change image and share on social
Young women today, as in the fifties, find themselves entering the big world and having to make choices. Robert Gottlieb bigchoiceenter Change image and share on social
Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter. Robert Gottlieb agebadlycoupe Change image and share on social
'Beloved Renegade' is a meditation on Walt Whitman, on tenderness, on dying. Robert Gottlieb beloveddiemeditation Change image and share on social
Despite the rigid classicism of the famous Paris Opera school and company, the French have done more than their share to unmoor la Danse from its traditions and standards. Robert Gottlieb classicismcompanydanse 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
Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor. Robert Gottlieb assumeeditorreactor Change image and share on social
Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different from each other and all bad ones are alike, at least in one crucial respect - they're all empty. Robert Gottlieb alikebadballet share on social
