Link of the Week - Eric Taub’s Writing

Eric Taub and Boris the cat, as posted by his sister on BalletcoForum (link below). © Eric Taub

The wonderful dance writer Eric Taub sadly died earlier this year. It came as a huge surprise to us all, and I penned some words on BalletcoForum because Eric had written much for its earlier incarnation, Balletco.

I won’t repeat here all the fine words (and links) written on BalletcoForum, and elsewhere, but rather celebrate Eric’s writing.

From 2012 here is Eric’s brilliant review for DanceTabs about the Kings of the Dance performing in New York. It starts, “Apparently, when you’re a King of the Dance, every day is a bad hair day.” More of Eric on DanceTabs

And here are a couple of pieces that Eric penned for Balletco from about 20 years ago…

New York City Ballet’s American Festival in May 2004 (4000 words!)

Jock Soto’s New York City Ballet farewell performance, from June 2005

Eric had a blog called Demicontretemps with the subhead “bitching on a terribly high level since 1975.” It just seems to be a massive single page of many reviews and observations, not always listed chronologically. But so what - just jump in and enjoy it!

For the long term, here is a link to the Demicontretemps site as indexed by the Internet Archive WayBack Machine

Finally, for now, Eric’s social media streams are still available:
@manhattnik on X/Twitter
@manhattnik on Instagram
Eric Taub on Facebook

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