Joan Acocella, a renowned cultural critic known for her essays and criticism about dance and literature, passed away at the age of 78. Her work was featured in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books for over four decades. Acocella also wrote a book about choreographer Mark Morris. Her insightful and wide-ranging essays have left a lasting impact on the literary and dance world, and she has been succeeded by Jennifer Homans at The New Yorker.
Since the 1990s, Joan Acocella has been known for her penetrating and eloquent essays and criticism about dance for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. She also wrote a book about the brash choreographer Mark Morris. https://t.co/t1sCnBfrYr
Since the 1990s, Joan Acocella has been known for her penetrating and eloquent essays and criticism about dance for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. She also wrote a book about the brash choreographer Mark Morris. https://t.co/WimJi6YxwA
Since the 1990s, Joan Acocella has been known for her penetrating and eloquent essays and criticism about dance for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. She also wrote a book about the brash choreographer Mark Morris. She has died at 78. https://t.co/miQ3gvFuPC
Sad to hear about the passing of Joan Acocella, a great writer and critic. She was famous for her writing on dance but I remember her many other wide-ranging essays like this one on Gilgamesh https://t.co/hvzAY3nFKo https://t.co/ihvroRGhRI
Joan Acocella, a cultural critic whose essays about dance and literature appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books over four decades, died on Sunday. She was 78. https://t.co/jAixAZxiCY
Joan Acocella was an absolute legend. I devoured her writing about ballet. Fortunately, she has been followed by the equally talented Jennifer Homans at The @NewYorker. https://t.co/uxk2N6y7i1 https://t.co/XaTQQcefPC
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RIP Joan Acocella, thrilling to read on dance even as a total ignoramus on the subject because she started at the body and went outward, tracing its movement through art, culture, history, morality. a wonderful essayist https://t.co/SaAFKv5lcx
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