Oh, I am going to have to read up on my Barthes; grad school days are such a distant memory now and I vaguely remember that “death of the author” stuff. So, death of the author = death of the choreographer, in the context of dance… Interesting… I really like what you said about dance being an active dialog among the writers / critics / interpreters, the general audience, and the choreographers and dancers and others involved in the production process. Everyone brings something different to it, whether you have a dance background, theory background (Jowitt?), literary background (Acocella), other art background, or a long history of viewing every ballet under the sun (’Oberon’!! )