Joan Acocella has told me this morning she is stepping down as dance critic of “The New Yorker”. David Remnick has chosen Jennifer Homans as her successor.
So now five chief dance critics have stepped down in a twelvemonth(Clement Crisp,Judith Mackrell,myself,Luke Jennings,Joan).

— Alastair Macaulay (@AlastairMacaul3) March 5, 2019