Phaedra392 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 I'm a new poster here. Has anyone out there heard anything about a book Arlene Croce is writing that analyzes each of Balanchine's major ballets? I could swear I heard a few years ago that she was working on this project, but I have heard nothing since. I've searched the net far and wide. Am I waiting in vain? Link to comment
Calliope Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 There was a book that came out a while ago it's called "Writing in the Dark, Dancing in New Yorker" it was her writings from the New Yorker magazine and her reviews of NYCB were in there. You can get it at Amazon by using the link on the board. I'm not sure about a specific book on each of Balanchine's ballets though. Link to comment
Phaedra392 Posted August 30, 2002 Author Share Posted August 30, 2002 Thanks, Calliope. I have that book, so that's not the one I mean. I understood she was working on a book strictly about Balanchine. Link to comment
Calliope Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 I forgot to say "welcome aboard" to Phaedra392! From the New York Review of Books in 1999. Arlene Croce will publish a collection of her dance reviews from The New Yorker next year. She is currently working on a book about the ballets of George Balanchine. (August 1999) There's nothing current that I could find though. Link to comment
Leigh Witchel Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Hi Phaedra - I'm glad you made it here! I have heard similar rumors of a book by Croce in the works that was not a compendium of previous writing, but I haven't heard anything on the subject for several years. Has anyone here heard more than me? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Just that she's still working on it I was told by a colleague that the intention is to get the book out in time for the Balanchine Centennial. Welcome, Phaedra! Link to comment
Phaedra392 Posted August 30, 2002 Author Share Posted August 30, 2002 Thanks for the welcome, guys. And Calliope, bless you for finding a reference to the book. I'm not crazy after all. I'm dying to know if the project is still on, and when it's going to be released. It must not be near completion, since there's no news anywhere about it. I think Croce's Balanchine criticism is exquisitely written and almost as pleasurable as the ballets themselves. I cannot wait for this book! Link to comment
Phaedra392 Posted August 30, 2002 Author Share Posted August 30, 2002 And thank you, Alexandra, for the confirmation. Now that I feel more certain that the book is actually being worked on, I can cool my jets and settle down to wait. Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Was "Writing in the Dark" a collection gathered from her earlier collections -- "Afterimages" (1977), "Going to the Dance" (1982), and "Sight Lines" (1987) -- or did it involve new writings? As for her Balanchine book, I've been looking forward to it for nearly twenty years now. Link to comment
Phaedra392 Posted August 30, 2002 Author Share Posted August 30, 2002 "Writing in the Dark" contains later material not included in earlier collections. Link to comment
Nanatchka Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 It's a marvelous book. What amazes me most, after the brilliance, beauty and wit of the writing, this time around, is how prescient some of her commentary is. What was true when she wrote it has become even truer. As if she were writing the future. Link to comment
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