To hell with Beyoncé

My colleague (and Dance Magazine review editor) Siobhan Burke has been following the uproar around Beyoncé Giselle Knowles's thievery--and, yes, I called it that. We're both fans of Slate's Culture Gabfest podcast, and Siobhan has shared a few thoughts about how this whole brouhaha--as well as dance itself--has been handled on the Gabfest and elsewhere.

Bottom line for me is, why does one of our most accomplished, respected dance artists have to get ripped off by a pop superstar for dance to get any attention at all?

Read Siobhan's posts on PHASE.SHIFT: "Big Moment" and "On Second Thought..."

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