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My name is Keith Knox, and this is a collection of essays that I wrote with the newsgroup Alt.Arts.Ballet in 1996.
I believe that thousands of committed, amateur ballet lovers must collaborate today to win back what Balanchine, Kirstein, Nureyev and others built in the 60's. We have all been entertained into a stupor while we starve for involvement.
I enjoy hearing from you. Nothing good is done alone, nothing evil comes from open hearts.
My undying thanks to my great teachers, Dana, Richard, Nicole, Marshall, Miranda, Andrea, Juanita, Amy and the Guys of Truth.
"As for the things you don't think you'll ever be able to do, the word 'impossible' isn't in the lexicon of your adolescent peers, why should it be for you? A certain suspension of disbelief comprises the very core of ballet. It restores the sense of invulnerability you had as a teenager."
Who or What Started Your Interest in Ballet?
Just Deux It...Letter to Men Starting Ballet Late in Life.
On Having a Teacher Half Your Age
Dancing on the Road
Dancing Fathers.
"The border guards were immediately suspicious when they were handed a crude, cast-iron videocassette instead of passport pictures ("the lighting just isnít the same" one observed). Though the papers said the couple were English, it was obvious even to the untutored eyes of the guards (both of whom had failed their technical exams in the ninth year at the Maryinsky Academy) that they were dancing in Russian (you roll your ars more)."
The Ballerina from Ipanema
Dragnette! (was Ballet for Police Training)
Ms. Fecit, your T-shirts are Ready
Not Tonight, Dear, I Have a Lobotomy - Tylenol Wars
Soviet Defectors
On the Intelligence of Dancers
"I have a dream. The year is 1999. I turn on my TV and there, between the Tractor Pull Network, the Cops Arresting Black Guys Network, and the Thousand Faces of Death Network is something called the Dance Channel."
Keep Your Eyes on Their Toes - Good Ballet to Bad TV in 3.5 Minutes
Video and Dance as a Private Affair
Television and Dance
What is a Videographer? What is a Dance Videographer?
Why Should I Pay You $400 for one evening if I can Buy a Digital Camera for $1,000?
"... ballet is mythic narrative. The function of myth is to apply the knowledge of the past to the challenges, transitions and disruptions of the present. Myth dissolves the chains of rationality; any transformation is possible and all truths are eternal. Diaghilev understood this, and we are in an era of change that can only be compared to his in all of history."
A commercial message, of sorts. My media production group. A mission statement, a vision somewhat dated but undimmed.
"Something I cherish about ballet (and poetry) is the expression of sensuality in an atmosphere of restraint, respect, beauty, and safety. To deny or obsess about either the sensuality or the restraint is wrong."
Cod, Piece, and Motherhood: Le Bulge
Who Put the Gay in Gayaneh?
Sexy Ballet 1: A Swell Date
Sexy Ballet 2: I Sing the Body Golgi
Sexy Ballet 3: Mark Morris Under Duress
Sexy Ballet 4: Birds Deux It.....
In the Event of Emergency, Do Not Use Mood Elevators, Take the Steroids
Warren, Edgar, and Me
"Yeow, get ready for Microsoft Metropolitan Opera '98, sometime in early 2003, featuring Time Warner's immortal classic, Forrest Goudonov. Mahl und Mahler."
ISO 9000 vs. NEA
Let's Put NOBODY in Charge!!! NEA Redux
NEA Manufacturing Public Opinion
ARTZFUNDING!!!!!???!?!?!?
Nice Dance Teachers
Hubbard Street Postcards
No Summer Programs for Non-pro Kids?
"The "if l'Oiseau de Feu shits, wear it" award and a rubber Mensa pin to the Energizer Rabbit of defamation,...."
AABies: The Top Posts of '95
Non-Medical Dance Treatment
So, My Friends, You Think Maybe You're The Cat's Paramus, Eh?
"I'm new at this; my apologies to those of you with actual taste and/or dependants in the company."
Sleeping Beauty Review
Ballet and Tai Chi
Shell we Dance?
Why isn't Ballet an Academic Subject?
"I have written things that have nothing to do with ballet. Who knows why. These are a few of them."
The Best Rhymed Couplet in the English Language: For Dorothy Parker
© copyright 1998 Keith R. Knox, all rights reserved.
Get in touch
with me by email: Pumukau@aol.com