Nobody really hates ballet do they? No, of course not, but some people do hate certain things about ballet and one of these people, Lewis Segal (who also happens to be a critic who writes for the LA Times) decided to let others know all about his thoughts.

The article instigated a thread on Critical Dance almost 12 months ago and caused pages of insightful and intriguing debate supported by a wide base of knowledge. Artswom is mentioning this because the conversation has started up again, all be it under a slightly different guise.

Back in September, after the evolution of the central points to the thread, CW asked for an answer to the question, why is most contemporary ballet in the USA so bad? Bizarrely, three replies came in quick succession over the last few days. Osris661, JaneH and LMCtech all offer interesting reaction, particularly JaneH’s idea of ballet ‘language’.

Anybody interested should add further fuel to the reignited fire by clicking here.