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Lecture at the conference "Courage and Convictions. Practicing Judgment", June 27, 2025
A dance exists in the present moment; it dies the moment it is performed and lives only in memory. This simple fact has led me to see dance criticism as a strange practice of judging ghosts. Using George Balanchine’s seminal 1957 dance Agon, I will reflect on the problem of judgment in this most elusive and ephemeral of arts.
Lecture at the conference "Courage and Convictions. Practicing Judgment", June 27, 2025
A dance exists in the present moment; it dies the moment it is performed and lives only in memory. This simple fact has led me to see dance criticism as a strange practice of judging ghosts. Using George Balanchine’s seminal 1957 dance Agon, I will reflect on the problem of judgment in this most elusive and ephemeral of arts.
