June 20, 2019 – By its nature, dance poses unique challenges for scholars. There’s no universal notation system, and the various ways we have to document it are incomplete and unreliable. Dances are taught from one practitioner to the next. Choreographers speak of making a dance “on” a ballerina; the form is ephemeral, embodied in the … Continue reading Dancing with the Ancients – Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes by the new york review of books