by Neil | Nov 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
…and indeed, emerging from the elevator at the Jewish Museum in NYC at mid-day on Friday, November 14, 2025, I came face to face with this striking piece by Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) — an artist I have admired over four decades for his elegaic,...
by Neil | Oct 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wednesday evening, October 22, 2025 – On the occasion of the third anniversary of the publication of MARTHA GRAHAM – WHEN DANCE BECAME MODERN what a delight to speak at the venerable Salmagundi Club/Coffee House, in animated conversation with my editor at...
by Neil | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Saturday, October 11. 2025, mid-day. My bemused friend and literary comrade Amanda Vaill is seen here poised to sign copies of her new book, Pride and Pleasure – The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution at the Morristown (N.J.) Festival of Books, where she...
by Neil | Oct 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Friday night, October 9, 2025. Dancers Ane Arieta and Leslie Andrea Williams display their exuberant esprit de corps in celebration of the just-published lavish, eye-popping, monumental MARTHA DANCE COMPANY 100 YEARS, a labor of impeccable love by photographers Ken...
by Neil | Oct 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
October 1, 2025 – My first invitation to join Phong Bui and likeminded friends — and he says it best: “The Beauty of Friends Being Together: What a joy to see our brilliant friends the other day at Rail HQ in Greenpoint where I hosted a another...
by Neil | Aug 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
“I talked to Linda Hodes and she would be delighted to meet with you,” renowned Martha Graham Company veteran and founder of the UC Berkeley Dance department Marni Wood told me on June 10, 2014. Marni and I had chatted over coffee (at her favorite spot,...
