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‘Listen to This’; Essays by New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross

Bjork sings into a microphone.
Icelandic pop star Bjork is among the many topics considered in Alex Ross's new collection of essays, "Listen to This."
3:19PM
March
30, 2011

New Yorker music critic Alex Ross’s new collection of essays covers a broad landscape of old and new figures in music from Schubert to Bjork.

Book Review: Apollo’s Angels, A History of Ballet

Choreographer George Balanchine and ballet dancer (and muse) Suzanne Farrell dancing.
Choreographer George Balanchine and (muse) Suzanne Farrell dancing in a segment of "Don Quixote" at New York State Theater.
10:48AM
March
30, 2011

Those with even a passing interest in dance will be enthralled by Jennifer Homans “Apollo’s Angels, A History of Ballet”