Larry Hart and Dick Rodgers were both bright Jewish boys from Manhattan who at one point or another went to Columbia, but there the similarity in their backgrounds ends.

There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.

At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.

Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers.

Raimund Hoghe is a little man with a spinal deformity who was once Pina Bausch's dramaturge.

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.