Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb
Robert Adams Gottliebis an American writer and editor. From 1987 to 1992 he was the editor of The New Yorker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 April 1931
CountryUnited States of America
scandals
The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi.
equally martha pieces
There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.
advance author breach decided demand
Technically the author is in breach of her contract. If the publisher decided that they wanted to demand the advance back, they could.
accepting awful change finally given repertory saying success terrific
After all these years of saying the same thing about the Alvin Ailey company - terrific dancers, awful repertory - I'm finally accepting the inevitable: I'm not going to change my mind, and they're not going to change their ways. And why should they, given their juggernaut success all over the world?
loving readers reads satire took
Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.
accepted partly personal rate wisdom works
How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity.
charged claim whenever work
I can't claim to 'understand' 'Byzantium,' if any dance work can be 'understood,' but whenever I see it, I sense that it's charged with meaning.
easier edit
I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean.
All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways.
entering themselves women
Young women today, as in the fifties, find themselves entering the big world and having to make choices.
leaves
'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance.
creations george
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is one of George Balanchine's greatest creations - and one of the greatest of all story ballets.
art barely early giants left ruth traces
The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art.
great
The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki.