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
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There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there's no such thing as a boring biography of them - you can read every new one that comes along, good or bad, and be caught up in the story all over again.
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What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.
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Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work.
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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.
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One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind?
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Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a reader. It's the number one qualification.
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In today's world, it never looks good when you're suing somebody who earned $20,000 for writing a book over a period of a year or two.
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Dance Theatre of Harlem has done a lot of good things well, a lot of good things badly, and a lot of bad things - it doesn't matter how.
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The mystery of Christopher Wheeldon deepens. Yes, he's the most talented of the younger ballet choreographers - indeed, where's the competition? Yes, he's particularly good at nurturing dancers and identifying their essential qualities.
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You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.
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We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically.
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You have to surrender to a book. If you do, when something in it seems to be going askew, you are wounded. The more you have surrendered to a book, the more jarring its errors appear.
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Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers.
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A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.