Understood and apologies if I contributed to the mixup.
A few quick thoughts:
1. I think we pay too much attention to the opinions of people just because they had a creative hand in something. To me, it's like listening to parents tell you about their grown children.
2. I am not inclined to make qualitative judgments comparing the past and the present (or future). I think there are a lot of exciting choreographers around nowadays.
3. While we may disagree about where is the best place to do what, right now we can anticipate something fresh in a commercial production and look forward to that.
4. I think I have mentioned this before here, but I was quite taken with what Jon Rua (of Hamilton and In the Heights, and now of Squarepants), a fine dancer and choreographer (see #2) who did a tribute to WSS by re-inventing Dance at the Gym with his choreography, set to Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. (linked below) Like with Shakespeare, great things prompt great re-inventions. (E.g., R&J to WSS to this.) To me this is the sort of thing that keeps things exciting. |
