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.

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.

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.

Emotions are the basics of any art form!