“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs." Thus spake the playwright John Osborne. Angry words from the man who wrote the play, Look Back in Anger.
On the other hand, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Critics are our friends, they show us our faults.” Critics are seldom the most popular of people, and our columnist Matthew Lawrence has felt their sharp tongues during his dancing career.
So why do they exist, he asks, and do we need them anyway? Read what Matthew has to say in the current issue of Dance Australia. Buy your copy now from your favourite retail outlet, or subscribe here, or download our app to purchase a copy online.