What 28 Dance Artists & Companies Have Been Getting Up To Lately by The Dance Enthusiast

What 28 Dance Artists & Companies Have Been Getting Up To Lately

Alison Cook Beatty On Creating Window Dances & Rehearsing On Baseball Fields by The Dance Enthusiast

Artists at Work, an Ambitious National Initiative Inspired by the WPA, Launches in Western Massachusetts by The Dance Enthusiast

WPA-inspired National Initiative Artists at Work Launches with Pilot in Western Mass

IMPRESSIONS: Martha Graham Dance Company & Wild Up in the Premiere of "Immediate Tragedy" with "Deep Song" and Henry Cowell's "Intermediate Percus by The Dance Enthusiast

"The choreography is classic Graham: air-gobbling contractions, majestic kneels, and arms that twist around themselves like barber poles. Yet the dancers personalize the torqued gestures." "…

Sue Hogan's "Dances in The Window Nook" " A Movement Haiku in Video by The Dance Enthusiast

In Sue Hogan's "Dances in The Window Nook" " A Movement Haiku in Video,"I start intuitively with improvisation, then video, select, edit, and refine. The movement sketched at the beginning o…

A Covid-19 Happy Ending: Alison Clancy Finds Redemption Through Rehearsal Footage by The Dance Enthusiast

Artists across the world grieve cancelled performances and projects as the industry has come to a grinding halt. Over the past three months Clancy made peace with her loss. And yet, just yes…

The International Association of Blacks in Dance announces "Can You Hear Me Now?" Campaign by The Dance Enthusiast

The International Association of Blacks in Dance announces "Can You Hear Me Now?", an online and social media campaign dedicated to acknowledging and dismantling long-standing racial disp…

Ping Chong + Company Presents NOCTURNE REMIX 2020, An Online Gallery Reflecting On The Times by The Dance Enthusiast

Ping Chong + Company Presents NOCTURNE REMIX 2020, An Online Gallery Reflecting On The Times

MOVING PEOPLE: Deborah Lohse on the Energy of a Room, Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria," and the Time a Drag Show Transformed her Life " Plus, a Special by The Dance Enthusiast

In MOVING PEOPLE: Deborah Lohse on the Energy of a Room, Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria," and the Time a Drag Show Transformed her Life " Plus, a Special Appearance by TruDee, "The energ…

Kathleya Afanador, Co-Founder of Marquee TV, Likens Dance Discovery To Wine Appreciation by The Dance Enthusiast

Kathleya Afanador, Co-Founder of Marquee TV, Likens Dance Discovery To Wine Appreciation.

Lincoln Center Honors Pride with Light Installation on Iconic Plaza and Fountain by The Dance Enthusiast

In Lincoln Center Honors Pride with Light Installation on Iconic Plaza and Fountain, "For the first time in its 60+ year history, Lincoln Center lights its iconic plaza with a rainbow des…

Dancing Classrooms NYC Announces New Online Programs for Summer and Fall 2020 by The Dance Enthusiast

Dancing Classrooms NYC Announces New Online Programs for Summer and Fall 2020

Juneteenth March: Call for 1 Million Demonstrators at City Hall and Further Discussion on the Role of Race in the Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

In Juneteenth March: Call for 1 Million Demonstrators at City Hall and Further Discussion on the Role of Race in the Arts, "Tiffany Rea-Fisher of Elisa Monte Dance will be one of the host…

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Virtual Streets: Stephen Petronio Company's #LoveSpreadsFaster, Featuring the Premiere of #GimmeShelter by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Virtual Streets: Stephen Petronio Company's #LoveSpreadsFaster, Featuring the Premiere of #GimmeShelter, "#GimmeShelter packed the punch of a music video …

Rosas, the Concertgebouw Brugge, and De Munt Present Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's new "The Goldberg Variations, BWV988" for a Limited Audience by The Dance Enthusiast

In Rosas, the Concertgebouw Brugge, and De Munt Present Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's new "The Goldberg Variations, BWV988" for a Limited Audience, "Now that the government has announced t…

Paige Fraser, Creative Director of "Bent But Not Broken," Speaks Up About Scoliosis by The Dance Enthusiast

"From that point on I knew I had to work even harder. Not only because I was a dancer of color, but also because I had a spine deformity that would effect my alignment for the rest of my lif…

Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund: Freelance Dance Workers June Application Opens Friday! by The Dance Enthusiast

In Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund: Freelance Dance Workers June Application Opens Friday!, "The Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund applications for June support to Freelance Dance Workers will …

No Words by The Dance Enthusiast

The Dance Enthusiast is  ON PAUSE in support of  Black artists, audiences, family, and community. 

"This Is Not Just a Body" by Gregory King and Megan Young /Video Excerpt From "Twoness" Choreography Gregory King and Nya McCarthy Brown by The Dance Enthusiast

 

Words From The Dance Community - Together Is How We Move Forward by The Dance Enthusiast

Words From The Arts Community- A Declaration and Affirmation of Love for Black People -Dr. Daniel Bernard Roumain by The Dance Enthusiast

In Words From The Arts Community- A Declaration and Affirmation of Love for Black People -Dr. Daniel Bernard Roumain "We, as a dedicated group of artists, arts organizations, and places of e…

Remembrances of Dudley Williams and "A Song For You" republished from Walter Rutledge's "Out and About NYC MAG" by The Dance Enthusiast

In, Remembrances of Dudley Williams and  "A Song For You" republished from Walter Rutledge's Out and About NYC MAG: "In 1972,  Alvin Ailey created the elegiac solo Love Songs for da…

"I Want to Give You Something Beautiful", Renegade Performance Group by The Dance Enthusiast

I Want to Give You Something Beautiful - 2011 A promotional video made from the collaboration of André M. Zachery and Rachel Neville for Renegade Performance Group. Choreography - André M.…

MOVING PEOPLE: Makeda Thomas on Losing Her Archives, Making Mas, and Mothering as an Artist during a Pandemic by The Dance Enthusiast

In MOVING PEOPLE: Makeda Thomas on Losing Her Archives, Making Mas, and Mothering as an Artist during a Pandemic, "#iArt #iMother is a double hashtag I've been using for years that is …

The Chocolate Factory Curates Week 5 of "ENTER," The Onassis Foundation's Ongoing Series Of At-Home Creations by The Dance Enthusiast

The Chocolate Factory Curates Week 5 of ENTER, The Onassis Foundation's Ongoing Series Of At-Home Creations

Singing The Body Electric, Conversations with Christine Jowers and Prime Movers of The Body, Mind, & Spirit: Meet Román Baca of Exit12 by The Dance Enthusiast

In Singing The Body Electric, Conversations Christine Jowers and Prime Movers of The Body, Mind, & Spirit: Meet Román Baca of Exit12, Movement to Combat the Ravages of War, Healing…

The Dance Enthusiast's Social Distance Dance Video Series: A Documentary, Exit 12: Moved by War by The Dance Enthusiast

After two tours in Fallujah during the Iraq War, US Marine and Combat Veteran Román Baca came home ravaged with depression, anxiety, and anger. With few places to turn, Román went back…

Meet The Recipients Of The 2020 Herb Alpert Award In The Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the categories of Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.

Dancing While Black: Black Bodies | White Boxes offers Robust Platform for Virtual Learning by The Dance Enthusiast

Dancing While Black: Black Bodies | White Boxes offers Robust Platform for Virtual Learning

Dance/NYC Launches #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Campaign by The Dance Enthusiast

Dance/NYC rolls out a new Facebook Live Series featuring conversations with arts workers, beginning May 21.

The Dance Enthusiast's Social Distance Dance Video Series: Abdiel Cedric Jacobsen and Kristine Bendul "2 of Us" by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast's Social Distance Dance Video Series: Abdiel Cedric Jacobsen and Kristine Bendul "2 of Us":  "When we come out of this we will have the opportunity to move from a …