Wednesday, September 24, 2025
"And while feeling takes precedence over form, the tasks and actions in each section of “bLUr” play out with remarkable clarity—Bartosik and the performers manage to close the gap betw…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTwo programs of mostly second-rate ballets by choreographer George Balanchine open the fall season at New York City Ballet this year. Luckily this master’s lesser work does …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, September 23, 2025
Joshua L. Peugh has always been curious about iconic stories and their characters. During an open rehearsal with the Boston Dance Theater at The Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA, the choreogra…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMHoi Polloi’s versatile cast of about 25 actors, dancers and singers performed a script taken entirely from the internet since the 2024 election. It’s a catalog of solutions for the natio…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The ATDF’s services are badly needed---just how much became apparent on September 11, when, after a year’s hiatus, this organization presented the Tap City Tap Awards at the Bruno Walte…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSunday, September 21, 2025
"On September 7th, Lubovitch presented excerpts of his work in two showings, both sold out through Works & Process at the Guggenheim. His solo creations are interspersed with discussion,…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMFriday, September 19, 2025
On the dance scene for more than four decades, choreographer Stephen Petronio founded his singular, heart-thumping Stephen Petronio Company in 1984. Nearly every year since, the group presen…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, September 18, 2025
"[I think the role of an artist in addressing today's ecological and climate issues ]is very multifaceted. One role is grabbing attention. Artists are the messengers. Messaging through t…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, September 17, 2025
"The most enjoyable evenings of my summer may have been those I spent at The Joyce Theater in July watching two magnificent programs performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group. Kicking off th…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe Butterfly Lovers, a spectacular evening-length production that Hong Kong Ballet presented...is based on an ancient Chinese legend sometimes equated with "Romeo and Juliet." The Bill T. …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMBased in Chicago, the trailblazing and acclaimed Trinity Irish Dance Company celebrates its 35th anniversary this year as the first Irish step dance company to present a full evening in the …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, September 16, 2025
Trajal Harrell is a master of layers. In the North American premiere of his ”Monkey Off My Back or The Cat’s Meow” at the Park Avenue Armory, the choreographer and director wields unru…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 09:06PMMonday, September 15, 2025
Robust in color, athleticism, and scenery, Shanghai Grand Theatre presents Lady White Snake at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater with beauty and grace. Under the direction of Tan Yuan…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The summer dance calendar dances to its own rhythm too. It can be far flung—Jacob’s Pillow, Kaatsbaan, Fire Island, American Dance Festival—or as close by as your local park... open r…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMCherylyn Lavagnino Dance celebrated its 25th anniversary season this summer. With three original scores by Scott Killian and two by Martin Bresnick, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music is…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIf you have ever spent an afternoon staring at insects or birds as they go about their lives, then the strange universe created on stage in Ghosts of Hell Creek: Stone Garuda at the Asia Soc…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMFriday, September 12, 2025
"“Women are about community building. That's what we do. We have a sensitivity and a vulnerability, but also a strength in bringing people together and creating community wherever we go.�…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:42PMFour choreographers from within the AILEY community have been selected to develop and premiere original works as part of Harlem Stage’s 2025–2026 season, furthering a shared mission…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, September 4, 2025
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Applications for the 2026 program are open September 2 - October 15, 2025
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, August 7, 2025
Sara Nash (she/her) has been a leading force in the dance ecosystem, consistently supporting and advocating for the field through her work in both the private and public philanthropic secto…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSunday, August 3, 2025
Opus 3 Artists is a leading company managing the careers and touring activities of many of the world’s greatest performing artists and ensembles
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 11:36PMWednesday, July 30, 2025
Conceived and curated by Tony Award-winning producer and Artistic Director David Binder, this robust new cross-disciplinary, multi-week festival features the American premieres of numerous m…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, July 9, 2025
The late choreographer Paul Taylor had genius to spare, and left his Paul Taylor Dance Company with more masterpieces than it can keep in active repertory. In recent years, the troupe’s ar…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, July 8, 2025
Pam Tanowitz’s latest dance, the idyllic Pastoral (set to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, the Pastoral Symphony), a 60-minute work for seven dancers, portrays a bucolic day in the…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSaturday, July 5, 2025
"This force of elemental nature is none other than Eiko Otake, the seventy-three-year-old interdisciplinary artist and dancer. The evening length work, SOAK, created with collaborator DonChr…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, July 3, 2025
"Lesser celebrates her anniversary with a bare-bones ode to persistence, as though spent by her decades of experimenting with contemporary issues, creating elaborate multimedia worlds, and c…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"New York City Ballet’s recent spring season successfully introduced some young dancers in major roles. In an earlier review I mentioned David Gabriel’s ability to take an audience on …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMOn Pina Bausch: "For her, her brain was in the stomach somehow, nothing intellectual. She had to respond to what she was looking for, and it had to touch her. She always considered herse…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, July 2, 2025
"Susan Jaffe, who was appointed to head the company in December of 2022, was a most formidable swan queen herself. No wonder she has this staple of the classical ballet canon in her foc…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, July 1, 2025
"In American Ballet Theatre’s production of Giselle, Count Albrecht wants to spend a day as a commoner, and sheds his aristocratic cloak and sword to appear as if he were a vill…
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