Joan Acocella bibliography
A list of the works of Joan Acocella, dance critic.
4 November 2022
2016-2022
Books
Acocella, JoanCreating hysteria : women and multiple personality disorder1999San FranciscoJossey-Bass
Acocella, JoanWilla Cather and the politics of criticism2000LincolnUniversity of Nebraska Press0803210469
Acocella, JoanMission to Siam : the memoirs of Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell2001HonoluluUniversity of Hawai'i Press
Acocella, JoanWilla Cather and the politics of criticism2002VintagePaperback reprint0-375-71295-X
Acocella, JoanMark Morris2004Middletown, Conn.Wesleyan University Press1st Wesleyan University Press edition0-8195-6731-0
Acocella, JoanThe diary of Vaslav Nijinsky2006University of Illinois Press978-0-252-07362-5
Acocella, Joan28 Artists & 2 Saints2007Pantheon0-375-42416-4
Essays and reporting
1993-1999
Acocella, JoanAugust 16, 1993After the laughsLife and LettersThe New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/08/16/after-the-laughs2022-07-30Dorothy Parker.
2000-2009
Acocella, JoanMarch 6, 2000Hunger artistLife and LettersThe New Yorkerhttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/03/06/the-hunger-artist2017-04-24Susan Sontag.
Acocella, JoanNovember 3, 2008NewcomerTalk of the Town: Dance Dept.The New Yorker84/3548-49http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/03/081103ta_talk_acocella2009-04-17
Acocella, JoanNovember 3, 2008Pacific heightsThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker84/35119-121http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/dancing/2008/11/03/081103crda_dancing_acocella2009-04-17Reviews the San Francisco Ballet performance of "Joyride" by Mark Morris.
Acocella, JoanDecember 8, 2008Memory testsThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker84/4098-99http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/dancing/2008/12/08/081208crda_dancing_acocella9 July 2011Reviews the 2008 Next Wave Festival conducted by the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
2010-
Acocella, JoanMarch 15, 2010PlatonicThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker86/476-77https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/15/platonic2022-05-22Reviews the Mark Morris company performance of "Socrates" by Mark Morris.
Acocella, JoanApril 5, 2010High hopes : Twyla Tharp's 'Come Fly Away'The Critics. DancingThe New Yorker86/884-85https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/05/high-hopes-42022-05-22
Acocella, JoanMay 24, 2010Thonk pieces : return of the JudsonitesThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker86/1478-79https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/24/think-pieces2022-07-30
Acocella, JoanApril 4, 2011Girls' VarsityThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker87/478-79Mark Morris' Brooklyn season.
Acocella, JoanNovember 7, 2011Blue period : the new sex, from three authorsThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker87/3582-84http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/07/blue-period2014-12-18
Acocella, JoanNovember 14, 2011Free at LastGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker87/3610American Ballet Theatre performing Merce Cunningham's "Duets" at City Center.
Acocella, JoanDecember 19-26, 2011New moveThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker87/41140-141Reviews the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center.
Acocella, JoanJanuary 16, 2012Chance encounterThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker87/4478-79http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/16/chance-encounter2014-11-11Merce Cunningham.
Acocella, JoanJanuary 30, 2012Class ActGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker87/4610Film: ''Makarova: In a Class of Her Own''.
Acocella, JoanOctober 15, 2012Turning the Page - How women became readersThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker88-94 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/10/15/121015crbo_books_acocella1 February 2013
Acocella, JoanJanuary 14, 2013Rich man, poor man : the radical visions of St. FrancisThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker88/4372-77http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/rich-man-poor-man2015-01-23
Acocella, JoanFebruary 4, 2013The Old LeftGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker88/4614The New Dance Group.
Acocella, JoanFebruary 25, 2013This is your life : a psychoanalytic writer urges us to just deal with itThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker89/277-80http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/25/this-is-your-life-22015-05-02Adam Phillips.
Acocella, JoanMarch 4, 2013The revenantGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker89/313http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/04/revenant2015-05-06
Acocella, JoanMarch 11, 2013Trisha Brown goes homeGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker89/410http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/trisha-brown-goes-home2015-05-18
Acocella, JoanApril 8, 2013Drop me off in HarlemGoings on About Town. Dance NotesThe New Yorker89/818http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/08/drop-harlem2015-12-17
Acocella, JoanApril 15, 2013A Gypsy in their soulGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker89/914http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/15/gypsy-soul2016-08-01
Acocella, JoanApril 15, 2013Puppet love : the artistry of Basil TwistOnward and Upward with the ArtsThe New Yorker89/934-40http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/15/puppet-love2016-08-14
Acocella, JoanApril 22, 2013Doubleheader : new works by Mark MorrisThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker89/10112-13http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/22/doubleheader-42016-04-22
Acocella, JoanMay 13, 2013Take it off : the new-burlesque sceneThe Critics. At the ClubsThe New Yorker89/1368-70http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/take-it-off2016-05-10
Acocella, JoanJune 3, 2013Torch passingGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker89/1613http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/torch-passing2016-06-12
Acocella, JoanJuly 8&15, 2013Children of the nightGoings on About Town. Critic's NotebookThe New Yorker89/2012http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/08/children-nightTod Browning's "Dracula".
Acocella, JoanSeptember 30, 2013A perfect storm : two choreographers interpret ''Othello''Goings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker89/3018http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/a-perfect-storm2015-02-09
Acocella, JoanOctober 21, 2013Time everlasting : the Brooklyn Academy of Music gets schooled in minimalismGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker89/3316http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/time-everlasting2017-06-10
Acocella, JoanNovember 4, 2013Tempest in a teapot : Alexei Ratmansky and the distilling of Shakespeare at A.B.T.Goings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker89/3522https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/04/tempest-in-a-teapot2017-09-17
Acocella, JoanNovember 4, 2013Wake up! Matthew Bourne's 'Sleeping Beauty'The Critics. DancingThe New Yorker89/35114-115https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/04/wake-up2017-10-20
Acocella, JoanDecember 16, 2013Misery : is there justice in the Book of Job?The Critics. BooksThe New Yorker89/4183-87https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/misery-32017-09-14
Acocella, JoanFebruary 3, 2014High street : hip-hop's boldest chorepgrapher, at the JoyveGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker89/4716https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/03/high-street2017-12-21Rennie Harris
Acocella, JoanMarch 17, 2014The refusé : Israel Galván and the evolution of flamencoGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker90/416https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-refuse2018-05-08
Acocella, JoanMarch 24, 2014Country strong : Manuel de Falla and the struggle to define Spanish danceGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker90/522http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/24/country-strong2015-02-23
Acocella, JoanMay 12, 2014Selfie : how big a problem is narcissism?The Critics. BooksThe New Yorker90/1277–81https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/selfie2018-12-11
Acocella, JoanJune 2, 2014Slaying monsters : Tolkien's 'Beowulf'The Critics. BooksThe New Yorker90/1570-76http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/02/slaying-monsters2015-04-15
Acocella, JoanJuly 28, 2014Man of the PeopleGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker90/2118http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/man-people26 September 2014The Bolshoi Ballet perform Yuri Grigorovich's ''Spartacus'' at the Lincoln Center.
Acocella, JoanJuly 28, 2014High SpiritsThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker90/2176-77http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/high-spirits1 October 2014Kabuki at the Lincoln Center.
Acocella, JoanDecember 15, 2014New again : American ballet's young faces, live at Lincoln CenterGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker90/4010https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/new-52019-07-03
Acocella, JoanDecember 15, 2014Let it go? Are we becoming a nation of hoarders?A Critic at LargeThe New Yorker90/4069–73https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/let-go2019-08-09
Acocella, JoanJanuary 12, 2015Pushing the envelope : Remy Charlip's 'Air Mail Dances', restagedGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker90/438https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/12/pushing-envelope2019-06-07Online version is titled "Remy Charlip's 'Air Mail Dances'".
Acocella, JoanApril 13, 2015A perfect storm : David Neumann learns patience in his new dance-theatre workGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker91/815http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/dance-a-perfect-storm-joan-acocella2015-06-11
Acocella, JoanMarch 16, 2015Divine comedy : Robert Kleinendorst, of Paul Taylor's American Modern DanceGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker91/48https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/divine-comedy2019-09-21Online version is titled "Robert Kleinendorst, of Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance"
Acocella, JoanApril 20, 2015Love and war : 'An American in Paris' on BroadwayThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker91/992-93https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/20/love-and-war-dance-joan-acocella2020-05-10Title in the online table of contents is "A New 'American in Paris'".
Acocella, JoanMay 4, 2015Fox news : what the stories of Reynard tell us about ourselvesThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker91/1169-72http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/04/fox-news2015-07-03
Acocella, JoanJuly 27, 2015Black nightGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker91/216http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/27/black-night2015-11-29
Acocella, JoanAugust 3, 2015I can't go on! What's behind stagefright?The Critics. BooksThe New Yorker91/2269-72http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/03/i-cant-go-on2016-03-23
Acocella, JoanNovember 23, 2015Birthday party : Twyla Tharp celebrates her fiftiethGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker91/3720https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/birthday-party-dance-joan-acocella2022-02-21Online version is titled "Twyla Tharp's fiftieth"
Acocella, JoanDecember 7, 2015He's sorry : the Guggenheim's 'Peter & the Wolf'Goings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker91/3912
Acocella, JoanFebruary 22, 2016Ms. Lear : a downtown dance veteran embodies Shakespeare's aging kingGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/28https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/valda-setterfield-in-lear2022-05-19Online version is titled "Valda Setterfield and John Scott's 'Lear'"
Acocella, JoanFebruary 29, 2016Stepping up : the precocious risk of Justin PeckThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker92/370-71http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/justin-peck-revitalizes-ballet2016-09-23
Acocella, JoanMarch 21, 2016A nice little talk : dance luminaries hold courtGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/627http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/words-on-dance2016-10-29
Acocella, JoanJuly 11-18, 2016Acrobatic homicides : Dan Hurlin rescues Futuristic puppet shows, at Bard SummerScapeGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/2118
Acocella, JoanJuly 25, 2016Peach BoysGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/226https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/takarazuka-at-lincoln-center2022-10-03Online version is titled "Japan’s loose-gendered phenomenon".
Acocella, JoanNovember 7, 2016The long road : William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppeteers bring Ulysses homeGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/3611http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/a-thrilling-return-of-ulysses2017-04-20Online version is titled "A Thrilling Return of Ulysses".
Acocella, JoanJanuary 2, 2017Street scenes : Kyle Abraham's political choreographyThe Critics. DancingThe New Yorker92/4374-75http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/kyle-abrahams-political-choreography2017-04-24Online version is titled "Kyle Abraham's political choreography".
Acocella, JoanJanuary 30, 2017Kiss and tell : Alexei Ratmansky revisits an old favoriteGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/476https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/stravinskys-the-fairys-kiss2022-05-01Online version is titled "Stravinsky's 'The Fairy's Kiss".
Acocella, JoanMarch 20, 2017Bird song : Paul Taylor makes room for an old Merce Cunningham songGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker93/520https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/paul-taylor-hosts-merce-cunningham2022-11-04Online version is titled "Paul Taylor hosts Merce Cunningham"
Acocella, JoanMay 8, 2017Bobby pins come loose : Justin Peck softens up in a new piece for New York City BalletGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker93/1211https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/is-justin-peck-trying-to-say-something2022-03-13Online version is titled "Is Justin Peck trying to say something?"
Acocella, JoanJune 19, 2017Alfa Romeo : American Ballet Theatre says farewell to Diana VishnevaThe Critics. BooksThe New Yorker93/1712https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/farewell-to-diana-vishneva2017-10-08Online version is titled "Farewell to Diana Vishneva".
Acocella, JoanJune 19, 2017Spun sugar : Alexei Ratmansky serves up Richard Strauss's 'Whipped Cream' at A.B.T.The Critics. DancingThe New Yorker93/1772-73https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/a-dance-of-sugar-and-cream2018-05-31Online version is titled "A dance of sugar and cream".
Acocella, JoanOctober 30, 2017Footlights : Matthew Bourne choreographs a new version of 'The Red Shoes'Goings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker92/346https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-red-shoes-becomes-a-ballet2018-04-22Online version is titled "'The Red Shoes' becomes a ballet".
Acocella, JoanOctober 30, 2017The hammer : how Martin Luther changed the worldThe Critics. A Critic at LargeThe New Yorker92/3467-75https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/how-martin-luther-changed-the-world2018-04-26Online version is titled "How Martin Luther changed the world".
Acocella, JoanFebruary 12&19, 2018Love in the afternoon : a new play tells an abridged history of Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets RussesGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker94/118https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-love-affairs-of-serge-diaghilev2018-06-06John Doyle directs Terrence McNally's "Fire and Air" at Classic Stage Company.
Acocella, JoanApril 02, 2018Aquacade : Basil Twist's underwater puppet show, 'Symphonie Fantastique,' returnsGoings on About Town. DanceThe New Yorker94/718https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/the-return-of-basil-twists-underwater-puppet-show2018-07-09Online version is titled "The return of Basil Twist’s underwater puppet show".