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Friday, February 13, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Carolyn Carlson's "In The Tree (Fragments of Poetics on Fire)" in Paris by The Dance Enthusiast

"The Tree is full of feeling, expressed in tight, sharp hand gestures, chainé turns with hair awhirl, and long flamingo-like legs that lift and stretch as they step or hiccup. But the emot…

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: New York City's Ballet’s "New Combinations" Program, Premiering Justin Peck’s "The Wind-Up" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Mostly, what I remember are umpteen lines and angles, overlapping bodies with arms and legs slicing out in all directions.  Like the astonishing music, the overall choreographic landscape …

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Monday, February 9, 2026

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Ballerina Turned Techie, Judy Tyrus, Brings Social Networking and Dance Preservation Together with CurtainConnect by The Dance Enthusiast

"Imagine a free online platform explicitly geared to the dance field that combines the bonding and storytelling pleasure of Instagram and Facebook with Ancestry.com's ability to illustrate …

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Lar Lubovitch's “Othello: A Dance in Three Acts,” Restaged for American Ballet Theatre by The Dance Enthusiast

"I create in a way to see the music. I think of it as painting the music, rather than dancing the music […] and using the dancers through time and space as a way of sort of painting flowin…

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Friday, February 6, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Winter in Brief (Part 3): Etay Axelroad, Akane Little, Alex Rodabaugh and Tiran Willemse in Solo Works by The Dance Enthusiast

"Start with Winter in Brief, parts 1 and 2 for highlights from Live Artery, Under the Radar, The Exponential Festival, and the Out-FRONT! Festival. I reflect on the rich variety of works I�…

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Don’t Miss the 54th Dance on Camera Festival from February 6-9 at Symphony Space by The Dance Enthusiast

"DOCF 2026 presents 33 films from 12 countries on February 6 - 9 in Symphony Space's The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater on the Upper West Side. Tobin Del Cuore's Through Memory and Jennifer …

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Choreographic Portrait: Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington with MasterZ at Work Dance Family and Parsons Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"The evening begins in the Peter B. Lewis Theater with a showcase of Washington’s works Fearless, performed by Parsons Dance, and The 24/7 Diner, danced by her company, MasterZ at Work Dan…

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Maxine Montilus on Radical Self-Love and "Our Bodies, No Apologies" by The Dance Enthusiast

"I hope that [this project] generates space for people to reflect on their body image and self valuation...I find that it's especially hard to have these conversations given the pop culture …

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Monday, February 2, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Brokentalkers' "Bellow" at the Irish Arts Center and Kinoshita Kabuki's "Kanjincho" at Japan Society by The Dance Enthusiast

"Appearing in Under the Radar, Brokentalkers’ Bellow at the Irish Arts Center and Company Kinoshita Kabuki’s Kanjincho at Japan Society approach inherited traditions from different cultu…

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Not Retiring Anytime Soon, Lucinda Childs on her Partnership with Gibney Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"Gina and I get along really well. She just understands what I need and what I don't need. I'm totally open to all those kinds of things if they happen at the right time." — Lucinda Childs…

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Ishmael Houston-Jones’ "OO-GA-La Reimagined" and Heidi Latsky Dance's "Who Am I Now?" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ishmael Houston-Jones and Heidi Latsky have both devoted their careers to bodies that the dance field has not always known how to see without inherited assumptions: Black and brown bodies,…

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Monday, January 26, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Works & Process Rotunda Project Co-Presents “The Hikers” at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by The Dance Enthusiast

"I can’t help but notice how the spiraling architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for the Guggenheim’s rotunda accentuates the world Knight and Williams exist in. The museum’s w…

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IMPRESSIONS: Winter in Brief (Part 2): More from Live Artery, Under the Radar, and The Exponential Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

"Festival season continued through January with more offerings from Live Artery, The Exponential Festival, and Under the Radar [...] Can you believe there’s more?! Stay tuned for Winter i…

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Saturday, January 24, 2026

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Kathryn Bradney on the Prestigious Prix de Lausanne's Evolution and "Le Prix" Documentary by The Dance Enthusiast

“The Prix isn’t just a competition; it is a place to grow and develop as an artist. The field is evolving, and we want to strengthen it. We want to create as many opportunities as possib…

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Under the Radar Festival Presents Kevin Matthew Wong's "Benevolence" at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Kevin Matthew Wong presents a compelling one-person show that blends inventive props, video interviews, singing, acting, and movement. Wong's deft performance  skillfully incorporates the…

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: 2nd Best Dance Company Reimagines Sleeping Beauty in “Slumber” at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"2nd Best Dance Company’s Slumber, presented at Triskelion Arts, in December, reimagines Sleeping Beauty through a blend of fairy tale and contemporary theatrical strategies. Written, dire…

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IMPRESSIONS: Ogemdi Ude’s "MAJOR" at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

Ogemdi Ude’s MAJOR at New York Live Arts: Majorette dance is an ensemble form birthed at Historically Black Colleges and Universities’s in the 1960s when marching-band majorettes put dow…

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Catherine Gallant on "GIFT: A Life In Dance" by The Dance Enthusiast

"I'm interested in the responsibility of questioning Duncan's work. I don't think the dances will be lost. Many people have felt the responsibility and passed them on in their own way. I w…

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Monday, January 19, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Winter in Brief (Part 1): Out-FRONT!, Exponential, Under the Radar, and New York Live Arts Live Artery Festivals by The Dance Enthusiast

"Whew, I’m exhausted in the best way. Ready for more? I am! Stay tuned for Winter in Brief, Part 2, featuring even more from the January festival season. Happy dancegoing, everyone!" — …

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Recipient of The Bessies Lifetime Achievement Award (2024), Reflects on Her Storied Career by The Dance Enthusiast

"I think that, in a way, I have been charged with always bringing the Black perspective to the front of my work. My mother was heavily involved in social activism, Black identity [...] And t…

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Gina Gibney, Recipient of the Bessies Service to the Field Award (2025) by The Dance Enthusiast

"Everything that we are as an organization now – we have this repertory company with nine really amazing dancers that does work by choreographers that I've admired my whole career, we have…

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Friday, January 16, 2026

IMPRESSIONS: Paris Opera Ballet in "Notre Dame de Paris" at The Opéra Bastille by The Dance Enthusiast

"The ballet has a two-dimensional, Pop Art-feel to it, with a Minimalist touch." — Ann Moradian, Paris

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Pioneers Go East Collective’s Fourth Out-FRONT! Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

"...with social media, there's so much visibility for our communities, but it’s in very small, 30 second clips on YouTube. And so the visibility is very accessible, but in a way that is co…

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Das Besties and Billy McEntee Present "Das Raushgift" ​at Box of Moonlight, Bushwick by The Dance Enthusiast

"Das Rauschgift, the latest collaboration from Brooklyn-based dance-theatre duo Travis Amiel and Cosimo Pori (aka Das Besties) is a playful, exuberant, and ultimately tender tale about the t…

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Triskelion Arts' Split Bill #47 Presents Ariana Speight and Cristina Moya-Palacios by The Dance Enthusiast

"At the intimate Triskelion Arts, Split Bill #47 presented two solos, works by Cristina Moya-Palacios and Ariana Speight, which spoke of identity, reflection, and memory." — Kristen Hedber…

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Christos Papadopoulos “Larsen C” at Powerhouse Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"The work’s pervasive darkness seems only to deepen under Eliza Alexandropoulou’s masterfully architectural lighting, which draws the eye through the space with evanescent glows and dire…

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Friday, October 24, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Keerati Jinakunwiphat's “Of Dishes and Dreams,” at Baryshnikov Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Of Dishes and Dreams, Keerati Jinakunwiphat finds the steady heartbeat that thrums beneath the bustle of restaurant life: one of rhythm, care, and community. Jinakunwiphat’s first even…

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Paris Opera Ballet in Hofesh Shechter’s “Red Carpet” by The Dance Enthusiast

"With its hints at rave culture, a quartet of tuxedo-clad onstage musicians supplying a pulsating score of Middle Eastern folk-flavored, electronic rock music, and 13 dancers dazzlingly outf…

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DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York presents Dance Theatre of Harlem and American Ballet Theatre by The Dance Enthusiast

"Two insightful programs at the Guggenheim Museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side featured a behind-the-scenes look at two American treasures: Dance Theatre of Harlem and American Ba…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

IMPRESSIONS: Arpino Ballet Festival: Week One, at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

After decades of scandalous neglect, the late American choreographer Gerald Arpino (1923-2008) is at last receiving his due, in a two-week festival devoted to his works, September 30 to Octo…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Sarah Silverblatt-Buser “Collective Body” at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"It’s wonderful to see people fully exploring the space, exploring their bodies, and connecting with other people virtually who were strangers to them. I think that’s what’s pretty inc…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off