Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb
Robert Adams Gottliebis an American writer and editor. From 1987 to 1992 he was the editor of The New Yorker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 April 1931
CountryUnited States of America
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What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another tale of a ballerina driven mad and suicidal.
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What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.
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At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.
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Paul Taylor's 'Offenbach Overtures' has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny.
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Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed.
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Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!
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We don't know what the heck that was all about.
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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.
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Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run, the lowering of standards can only erode the art form we all love.
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There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon, Lincoln, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, and the great religious founders continue to proliferate; these lives require constant reevaluation and interpretation.
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Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer.
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Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work.
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For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.
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If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich.