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February 06, 2005
City Ballet Stars: Hot or Not?
John Rockwell offers another curious and provocative Sunday column in the NY Times, this time mulling the comeliness of New York City Ballet's current roster:
" "Woman is the goddess, the poetess, the muse," Balanchine once said. "That is why I have a company of beautiful girl dancers."
Would he have been happy, in that regard, with the current company? There are some very attractive women (and men, but Balanchine cared less about them) in today's City Ballet. Yes, when he came to the United States he sought to make a company of all-American dancers, fresh-faced and perky. But some of the company's biggest female stars now are spectacular dancers without being spectacular beauties. Is it merely sexist to lament that the current roster is not "a company of beautiful girl dancers?" "
I half-expected him to start handing down "hot or not" verdicts on each of the principals. Fortunately he segues into a consideration of whether the company should do more to cultivate "personality."
Posted by Rachel at February 6, 2005 04:16 PM
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