DANCE NEWS: Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas Explore Taboo Love Story in "Mehek" by The Dance Enthusiast

Mehek is a major new collaboration from two of the finest Kathak contemporary dancers on the world stage, Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas.

IMPRESSIONS: Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Soulful "Deep River" at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Soulful "Deep River" at Lincoln Center :"Overall, the soulful work feels like one continuous dance.  Its 13 episodes, demarcated in the program by …

IMPRESSIONS: Nihon Buyō in the 21st Century from Kabuki Dance to Boléro at Japan Society by The Dance Enthusiast

In Nihon Buyō in the 21st Century, from Kabuki Dance to Boléro - "A  program of music and dance at Japan Society from January 24-26, proved elegant, spare, and engrossing from the opening…

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Sneak Preview of "We The People" by Jamar Roberts for the Martha Graham Dance Company by The Dance Enthusiast

"The dancers uphold the quintessential fierceness of Martha Graham as they respond to new discoveries and his direction. Without music, they remain engaged and centered as their arms and leg…

IMPRESSIONS: Jean Butler "What We Hold" at Irish Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Jean Butler "What We Hold" at Irish Arts Center"Butler makes visible the lineage of Irish dance first through the cast of performers: a group of eight accomplished Irish dancers…

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Gloria McLean on the 2024 American Dance Guild Festival and Her Dance History by The Dance Enthusiast

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Gloria McLean on the 2024 American Dance Guild Festival and Her Dance History :"This piece has been  an effort to teach through  choreography." says McLean. It’…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: P for David PARKER and Mythali PRAKASH by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall "Two Person Operating System Type 2" at The Kitchen by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall "Two Person Operating System Type 2" at The Kitchen": "Guided by exacting directives and material realities, Marshall troubles the aestheti…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet’s Distinguishing “Classic NYCB” at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet’s Distinguishing “Classic NYCB” at Lincoln Center- "Bravo to all 21 of its performers, not only for their expert dancing, but for the dramatic clarity…

IMPRESSIONS: Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Asian American Arts Alliance Present the Third Annual AAPI Dance Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Asian American Arts Alliance Present the Third Annual AAPI Dance Festival "I appreciated how this bill highlighted AAPI choreographers by sh…

IMPRESSIONS: Molissa Fenley and Company "From the Light, Between the Lamps" at Roulette by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Molissa Fenley and Company "From the Light, Between the Lamps"  at Roulette: "This dancing together is about being together, not for the effect but for the sheer empathic pleas…

DANCE NEWS: Faye Driscoll Receives an Obie Award for Her Direction of "Weathering" by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Ronald K. Brown's EVIDENCE:A Dance Company at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Ronald K. Brown's EVIDENCE:A Dance Company at The Joyce Theater :"Ronald K. Brown is a man of spiritual depths, with a serious attitude to life. When his dancers step forward…

POSTCARDS: Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater’s "The Jungle Book" with dancer Giana Carroll by The Dance Enthusiast

Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater’s "The Jungle Book" with Dancer Giana Carroll: "In addition to the amazing costumes, and the fun of creating animal characters, the dance styles in our …

IMPRESSIONS: Great Jones Repertory in “Aristotle Thinks Again” at LaMaMa by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Great Jones Repertory in “Aristotle Thinks Again” at LaMaMa: "Safer’s direction and choreography shape a relentless space to interrogate his subject matter from many vanta…

IMPRESSIONS: Compagnie Hervé Koubi's Astonishing “Sol Invictus” at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Compagnie Hervé Koubi’s Astonishing “Sol Invictus” at the Joyce Theater: "Koubi’s choreography is so holistically crafted that the astounding acrobatics contained withi…

Baryshnikov Arts Announces 2024 Spring Residency Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

Baryshnikov Arts residencies provide space and support to artists for creative investigation in all performing arts disciplines: dance, music, theater, multimedia, performance art, or any co…

IMPRESSIONS: Christopher Unpezverde Núñez “YO OBSOLETE” Presented by Pioneers Go East Collective’s Out-FRONT! Fest by The Dance Enthusiast

 In IMPRESSIONS: Christopher Unpezverde Núñez “YO OBSOLETE”  Presented by Pioneers Go East Collective’s Out-FRONT! Fest: "YO OBSOLETE” is a highly personal solo work that delves …

IMPRESSIONS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER's 2023 Season at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER's 2023 Season at New York City Center "Any choreographer lucky enough to win a commission from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater must con…

The Dance Enthusiast Asks: Anthony Rizzi, “What Makes a 21st Century Artist?” by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Asks: Anthony Rizzi, “What Makes a 21st Century Artist?”  "When I think of capturing the essence of a 21st century dancer, I cannot think of a better person than…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: O for Ladell "Mr. OCEAN" Thomas and Anabella Lopez OCHOA by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Alice Klugherz and Pedro J. Rosado Jr present "Two Fairytale Rants, a Dance-ical beyond Grimm," at Arts on Site by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Alice Klugherz and Pedro J. Rosado Jr.  present "Two Fairytale Rants, a Dance-ical beyond Grimm," at Arts on Site-Alice Klugherz’ Rapunzel Rants, comprised of seven madcap sc…

IMPRESSIONS: Ashley Chen and Compagnie Kashyl at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club by The Dance Enthusiast

“As a performer I like to jump on walls and roll on the floor,” notes Chen [...] As seen in Unisson, later in Distances, and indeed, too, in the 45-minute Rush, Chen and longtime frie…

DANCE NEWS: Dance Parade Announces Campaign to Support Zoning Reform to End Prohibition on Dancing by The Dance Enthusiast

“It’s ridiculous that in 2023 New York City still has rules on the books prohibiting people from dancing at their local restaurants and bars.” — Andrew Rigie, Executive Director, NYC…

IMPRESSIONS: Mathilde Monnier's "Black Lights" at Théâtre de la Cité International by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Big Dance Theater in "The March" at Perelman Performing Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"...the dances were made for this location. In their meandering, oblique way, they ask us to remember the last time our nation felt truly united, and to what end. Clearly, we are not united …

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Peter Boal on the Choreographers and Experiences That Have Shaped His Career by The Dance Enthusiast

In DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Peter Boal on the Choreographers and Experiences That Have Shaped His Career: "Opportunity opened her arms to Peter Boal from his upbringing in Connecticut to a …

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Sun Kim Dance Theatre’s “Lost and Found” Unearths Hope by The Dance Enthusiast

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Sun Kim Dance Theatre’s “Lost and Found” Unearths Hope -"Right before we were about to go live for the program entitled, “Asian Women in Hip-Hop Dance,” I…

IMPRESSIONS: Paul Taylor Dance Company with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

 In IMPRESSIONS: Paul Taylor Dance Company with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, at Lincoln Center": Taylor was an artist full of contradictions. He was an avant-gardist enchanted by hoary tr…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: N for Marc NÚÑEZ and Stefanie NELSON by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Dancing with Glass: the Piano Etudes at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

Philip Glass’s 20 Piano Etudes, composed from 1991-2012, are the works most performed of his vast oeuvre. Maki Namekawa, considered a leading interpreter of the Piano Etudes, and the first…