Mary Lynn Slayden Posted June 1, 2001 Share Posted June 1, 2001 What can anyone tell me about the dance critic of the NY Times? Just general information concerning how he began writing about dance etc. Thank you. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 1, 2001 Share Posted June 1, 2001 According to Horst Koegler's Oxford Dictionary of Ballet Anderson was born in Milwaukee in 1935 (Koegler is sometimes a bit off on dates; I don't know if this is accurate). He did his undergraduate work at Northwestern and has a master's from Indiana Univeristy. I don't know what field, but I'd guess literature, as he also writes poetry and has wriwtten on dance and poetry.. He's been writing about dance for a very long time, but I don't know how he got his first job. He's been a Times critic since 1978 and also co-edits Dance Chronicle (a scholarly, historical publication) with George Dorris. His most well-known book is probably "The One and Only," about the American Ballet Russe company, and I would suspect that that was his door to dance. (The company, not the book ) Link to comment
Mary Lynn Slayden Posted June 1, 2001 Author Share Posted June 1, 2001 Thank you once again, Alexandra. You never fail to come up with an answer for me. I was curious about him since he is such a prominent critic..I wondered where his passion came from. MLS Link to comment
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