(Mostly about dance, but with a digression on a racial slur.) In the November 2nd New Yorker, under Dance, a Joan Acocella piece, “Tap Routine: Donald Byrd considers the evolution of minstrelsy”. The background: For bien-pensant people looking to enjoy the art of the past, there is probably nothing more bewildering — not the gaze-worthy … Continue reading Minstrelsy