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Robert Gottlieb quotes: The best thing you can say about Hubbard Street is that if you were a dancer, this is a company you'd fight to get into. The best thing you can say about Hubbard Street is that if you were a dancer, this is a company you'd fight to get into.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Nobody could call the work of Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio pallid. Nobody could call the work of Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio pallid.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Acting has changed since the nineteen-forties. Acting has changed since the nineteen-forties.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Remember: TV is a format, film is a format, and books are a format. Remember: TV is a format, film is a format, and books are a format.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: We know how Merce Cunningham works and how he thinks - we've been told, over and over again, by him and by others. We know how Merce Cunningham works and how he thinks - we've been told, over and over again, by him and by others.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest. Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Charles Dickens left us fifteen novels, and in an ideal world, everyone would read all of them. Charles Dickens left us fifteen novels, and in an ideal world, everyone would read all of them.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I have fixed more sentences than most people have read in their lives. I have fixed more sentences than most people have read in their lives.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded. An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Blood is the leitmotif of 'Black Swan.' Blood is the leitmotif of 'Black Swan.'
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Raimund Hoghe is a little man with a spinal deformity who was once Pina Bausch's dramaturge. Raimund Hoghe is a little man with a spinal deformity who was once Pina Bausch's dramaturge.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong. There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors. No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I can almost always read a new manuscript overnight. I can almost always read a new manuscript overnight.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple. Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me. For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean. I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree. It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable. Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed. Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter. Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy. Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it. Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot. 'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest. The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers. Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'Beloved Renegade' is a meditation on Walt Whitman, on tenderness, on dying. 'Beloved Renegade' is a meditation on Walt Whitman, on tenderness, on dying.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground. What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever. The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art. The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 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. 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.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Many people say to me, particularly about my dance writing, 'It sounds just like you.' But it sounds just like me after I've made it sound like me. Many people say to me, particularly about my dance writing, 'It sounds just like you.' But it sounds just like me after I've made it sound like me.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: If you like being battered, the work of Savion Glover - one-time child prodigy - should be up your alley. I don't, and it isn't up mine. If you like being battered, the work of Savion Glover - one-time child prodigy - should be up your alley. I don't, and it isn't up mine.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different. If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: How the English love playing at being naughty boys! How the English love playing at being naughty boys!
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity. The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music. Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich. If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance. 'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: When December comes, can 'The Nutcracker' be far behind? No, it can't - not in America, anyway. When December comes, can 'The Nutcracker' be far behind? No, it can't - not in America, anyway.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them. The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi. The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great. One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 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. 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.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can. We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa 'Sleeping Beauty,' and no ballet is harder to get right. The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa 'Sleeping Beauty,' and no ballet is harder to get right.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki. The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority. The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'Paquita' has a patchy history, beginning in 1846, and a patchy plot. 'Paquita' has a patchy history, beginning in 1846, and a patchy plot.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance. Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart! Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I first read 'An American Tragedy' in college, and in my entire life I had never read anything so painful. I first read 'An American Tragedy' in college, and in my entire life I had never read anything so painful.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Young women today, as in the fifties, find themselves entering the big world and having to make choices. Young women today, as in the fifties, find themselves entering the big world and having to make choices.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly. 'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Nothing is real for me until I've read about it. Nothing is real for me until I've read about it.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Ladies: You have to support an infant with a hand under its head. Ladies: You have to support an infant with a hand under its head.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor. Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced. Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Has there ever been a dance career with more ups and downs than Twyla Tharp's? Or with more varied ambitions? Or larger ambition? Has there ever been a dance career with more ups and downs than Twyla Tharp's? Or with more varied ambitions? Or larger ambition?
Robert Gottlieb quotes: In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance. In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: As an editor, I have to be tactful, of course. As an editor, I have to be tactful, of course.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival. A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways. All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose. Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text. You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more. Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work. Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes. When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil. Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I can't claim to 'understand' 'Byzantium,' if any dance work can be 'understood,' but whenever I see it, I sense that it's charged with meaning. I can't claim to 'understand' 'Byzantium,' if any dance work can be 'understood,' but whenever I see it, I sense that it's charged with meaning.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: But I had learned a lesson about the overwhelming need of narcissists to be in the right, and to punish those by whom they feel slighted. But I had learned a lesson about the overwhelming need of narcissists to be in the right, and to punish those by whom they feel slighted.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it. Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Of the great singing stars of the 1940s and '50s, only one - Nat King Cole - died young, at age 45. Of the great singing stars of the 1940s and '50s, only one - Nat King Cole - died young, at age 45.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned. I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically. We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter. I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time. What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure. Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer. Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets. Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart. At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: Most writers are vulnerable and insecure, and Kay Graham was more so than most. Most writers are vulnerable and insecure, and Kay Graham was more so than most.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: There is no consolation for anyone in the Scott Peterson story, and no final illumination. There is no consolation for anyone in the Scott Peterson story, and no final illumination.
Robert Gottlieb quotes: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is one of George Balanchine's greatest creations - and one of the greatest of all story ballets. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is one of George Balanchine's greatest creations - and one of the greatest of all story ballets.

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