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City Ballet has to develop choreographers of stature and a new approach to coaching before everything we value about it fades away and, in the great tradition of the Cheshire Cat, there’s nothing left but Peter Martins’ smile.

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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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You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers – the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers.

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May 26, 2024

You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers – the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers.

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May 26, 2024

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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