Dance criticism has taken a big hit recently. Hard on the heels of Deborah Jowitt's sudden departure from The Village Voice, The Orange County Register has lost dance critic and former NAJP fellow Laura Bleiberg. Apparently, Bleiberg was the last full-time newspaper dance critic in all of California.
On The OC Register's Arts Blog, Bleiberg admits that she is not sure if the Register will replace her with another staff dance critic. She is leaving the Register to join South Coast Repertory as Associate Director of Development.
Another former NAJP fellow Valerie Takahama also left The Register in August, after working there 19 years. She says part of the reason she was let go was that "they felt they didn't need an architecture writer anymore."
On The OC Register's Arts Blog, Bleiberg admits that she is not sure if the Register will replace her with another staff dance critic. She is leaving the Register to join South Coast Repertory as Associate Director of Development.
Another former NAJP fellow Valerie Takahama also left The Register in August, after working there 19 years. She says part of the reason she was let go was that "they felt they didn't need an architecture writer anymore."
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