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re: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag

Posted by: allineedisthegirl 10:53 am EDT 09/11/14
In reply to: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag - Alcindoro 10:32 am EDT 09/11/14

Interesting article, but COPPELIA wasn't in City Ballet's repertoire in the 60s.

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re: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag

Posted by: Delvino 09:17 pm EDT 09/11/14
In reply to: re: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag - allineedisthegirl 10:53 am EDT 09/11/14

My, but he is full of self-important, lofty ideas about art and artists and acceptable markers for achievement. The idea that "pop cultural" success is at odds with artistry still strikes me as overly simplistic and narrow, of another era. I wouldn't quibble with most of the KCH selections; they pleased more than they displeased. To cavil and carp because, say Tom Hanks isn't Fred Astaire -- I bet Mr. Astaire would balk at the comparison. (Why aren't we more concerned with all of the non-citizens being recognized? I still don't get that.)


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re: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag

Posted by: larry13 11:04 am EDT 09/11/14
In reply to: re: Alex Ross on Kennedy Center Honors in NEW YORKER Mag - allineedisthegirl 10:53 am EDT 09/11/14

No it wasn't. This is a New Yorker editing error: they probably meant 1974 which was, I believe, the year Balanchine and Danilova produced their version for McBride.
A wonderful article--thank you Alcindoro--and, sadly, only too true. But the Kennedy Center is hardly alone is genuflecting before celebrity and pop culture. That Jane Lynch is hosting the 60th anniversary of the Chicago Lyric Opera is only one more instance of cultural institutions believing--not necessarily incorrectly--that the only way to draw audiences and raise funds is the celebrity way.


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