By artsadvocate

March 28, 2011 9:51 PM | Link to this

It is a disgrace that local arts organizations are generating new and exciting ways to keep people interested in their performances, and an actual review, or preview, is NEVER offered to them. This article among others for the arts, reads like a police report. If you, Mr. Morris feel that people are not up to your intellectual artistic intelligence, and therefore write “reviews” that look like this, then perhaps you should actually acquaint yourself with a seat at an event. Surely you can do better than simply re-writing a press release. The Arts organizations and performers in Dayton deserve better for their dedication and artistry.

By hmm

March 29, 2011 3:39 AM | Link to this

artsadvocate, Perhaps you should write your own review and submit it? Was someone from the paper contacted prior to the event, invited, asked to write a review? Your tone suggests this was some purposefully malicious, exclusionary, neglectful act by DDN. In fact, it would be the responsibility of those marketing this event to make sure it was going to be reported/reviewed satisfactorily. Share your own view of the performance, write a review! Go for it.

By Ballet fan

March 30, 2011 11:12 AM | Link to this

Artsadvocate- It is not Mr. Morris’ fault that a review was not posted. He does not make those decisions, he just does what his editors instruct him to do. It is the EDITORS that have made the decision to not review local arts performances, event the productions presented by the Victoria Theatre. Wanna know WHY they made that decision? It’s because readers don’t say the reviews matter. Perhaps, we should all write DDN’s editors to say “We miss reviews.” To say, hmm, that the Ballet did not market the event is incorrect. I personally saw television commercials, heard radio commercials and read a preview article by Mr. Morris in the Sunday (March 20, 2011) Life section as well as articles on Dayton Most Metro and Dayton City Paper. Oh, and I also saw print ads as well. While I did not agree with the review on Dayton’s Most Metro’s site, at least it was an educated review. Don’t blame Mr. Morris for not reviewing the ballet or Dayton Ballet for not “asking” to do a review. Arts groups have been “asking” for quite some time - to no avail. Don’t cast stones until everyone gathers the facts. Hmm - keep asking folks to write reviews and keep asking DDN to print them.

By arts advocate

March 30, 2011 7:02 PM | Link to this

hmm - Certainly I have no idea whether or not someone was contacted prior to the event - as a reader, it doesn’t matter. I simply am pointing out that there is no actual coverage of arts events. And I don’t believe that it is exclusionary or malicious, but it is neglectful - I feel bad if it is the case Mr. Morris feels he should be invited or if he feels that a program he deems under-marketed isn’t worthy of a review. Unfortunately, it’s not the duty of readers of DDN to decipher whether or not that was the case. Ballet fan - thank you, I’m sure I do not have all the facts, however the heart of the matter is that “local arts organizations are generating new and exciting ways to keep people interested in their performances,” and they are not getting coverage. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) for Mr. Morris, it is his byline at the head of the article, and, therefore, no matter the requests of his editors, the article is his. Cheers, by the way, let’s continue to ask for reviews!

By DAYTON = SHITBURG, USA!!

April 1, 2011 3:00 PM | Link to this

The idea of a “competition” is such an obviously lame imitation of “Dancing w/t Stars”! This event speaks more of how desperate the locals arts numbskulls are for anybody, anywhere, to notice anything they do…. and PLEASE give us any little bit of money. Original thinking? New? Hardly!! Lame, lame, lame….