As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with them for a while - they have to earn their keep.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved.
City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.
There's only a certain amount of space in every ballet company. You're basically on a team. You want to succeed as a group but all want to have the same roles.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.
What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then... it's gone.