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Monday, November 5, 2018

Dance News: WestFest 2019 - Applications Now Open! Apply Now for "WestFest Top Floor" and "WestFest All over Westbeth" by The Dance Enthusiast

Applications are now open for WestFest 2019! Apply for WestFest Top Floor (multiple pieces welcomed) and/or WestFest All Over Westbeth before January 13, 2019.

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Impressions: luciana achugar's "BRUXJ" as Part of the On Your Marx Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions: luciana achugar's BRUXJ as Part of the On Your Marx Festival, 

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Curator Denise Greber And Puppeteers Duda Paiva And Chad Williams On The 8th La MaMa Puppet Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In Curator Denise Greber And Puppeteers Duda Paiva And Chad Williams On The 8th La MaMa Puppet Festival, "Puppeteers are cousins to magicians in that we all put on a grand illusion. If the p…

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Dance News: Baryshnikov Arts Center Announces Naming Of The Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Kaye Studio by The Dance Enthusiast

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces the naming of the Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Kaye Studio. Mikhail Baryshnikov said: “I have very fond memories of Danny and Sylvia. Naming our studio after…

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Leyya Mona Tawil on Lime Rickey International’s "Unstoppable" at The Invisible Dog Art Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Leyya Mona Tawil on Lime Rickey International’s Unstoppable at The Invisible Dog Art Center, "To see a solo creature doing this dance, that’s part of [illustrating] the isolation of…

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Ashley R.T. Yergens on Premiering his First Full-Length Work "prettygirl264264" at Abrons Art Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Ashley R.T. Yergens on Premiering his First Full-Length Work prettygirl264264 at Abrons Art Center, 

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Monday, October 29, 2018

IMPRESSIONS: Pontus Lidberg Dance’s “Siren” at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Pontus Lidberg Dance’s Siren at The Joyce Theater, "Siren is no ordinary retelling — in fact, the program notes caution against that. Instead, it proves to be some…

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IMPRESSIONS: Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson in "another piece apart" at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson in "another piece apart" at New York Live Arts, "Nugent devours space with a strong, long physicality while Matteson articulates his hip, s…

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

ON STAGE AT KINGSBOROUGH Executive Director Anna Becker Shares its 2018-2019 Dance Season by The Dance Enthusiast

In ON STAGE AT KINGSBOROUGH Executive Director Anna Becker Shares its 2018-2019 Dance Season, "Audiences can experience everything from a performance celebrating French chanteuse Edith Piaf …

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

IMPRESSIONS: Donna Uchizono’s "March Under an Empty reign," Tere O’Connor’s "Long Run," and Lucy Guerin’s "Split" by The Dance Enthusiast

In Donna Uchizono’s March Under an Empty reign, Tere O’Connor’s Long Run, and Lucy Guerin’s Split, "Witnessing works by Donna Uchizono, Tere O’Connor, and Lucy Guerin on three succ…

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Friday, October 19, 2018

IMPRESSIONS: CIRCA in Yaron Lifschitz's “HUMANS” at BAM by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: CIRCA in Yaron Lifschitz's “HUMANS” at BAM, "Three of them take to the air on hanging fabric strips, and just when you think that nothing is impossible, the performers tr…

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Spaceworks Expands Its Mission to Support Local Artists and Cultural Workers by The Dance Enthusiast

In Spaceworks Enters a New Chapter as It Expands Its Mission and Vision to Support Local Artists and Cultural Workers, the organization announces its expanded commitment to supplying long-t…

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The Dance Enthusiast Travels to Kansas for a Photo Essay: Peeking into the Kansas City Ballet's Exuberant Production of “The Wizard of Oz” by The Dance Enthusiast

 The Dance Enthusiast Travels to Kansas for a Photo Essay: Peeking into the Kansas City Ballet's Exuberant Production of  The Wizard of Oz “The whole production is about love and how lo…

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A Postcard From the Lovelies About Their Five Year Anniversary and Upcoming “Slice & Dice” Performance by The Dance Enthusiast

In A Postcard From the Lovelies About Their Five Year Anniversary and Upcoming “Slice & Dice” Performance, "We follow and believe in the power of embodied democracy that fuels the work …

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Mariinsky Ballet Principal Kimin Kim on K’Arts Ballet’s “Song of the Mermaid” at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Mariinsky Ballet Principal Kimin Kim on K’Arts Ballet’s Song of the Mermaid at New York City Center, " I would love it if I were performing the same role, but I am performing compl…

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

ARTISTS ACTIVATED: Misty Copeland, A Real-Live Disney Princess in "The Nutcracker and The Four Realms," Chisels Away at Ballet Stereotypes by The Dance Enthusiast

ARTISTS ACTIVATED : Misty Copeland, A Real-Live Disney Princess, in "The Nutcracker and The Four Realms,"Chisels Away at Ballet Stereotypes - Copeland, the first African-American woman to b…

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Monday, October 15, 2018

IMPRESSIONS: Juliana F. May’s “Folk Incest” at Abrons Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Juliana F. May’s Folk Incest at Abrons Arts Center, "It exposes and releases the trauma of the collective female experience where the pain throbs so acutely that the only…

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Dance News: 52 Emerging NYC Artists Selected for The Shed’s Inaugural “Open Call” Program by The Dance Enthusiast

52 emerging NYC artists have been selected for The Shed’s inaugural “Open Call” program! Three programs will be presented consecutively beginning in late spring 2019, with a fourth pro…

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

IMPRESSIONS: Rosas in Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s “The Six Brandenburg Concertos” at the Park Avenue Armory with B'Rock by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Rosas in Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s The Six Brandenburg Concertos at the Park Avenue Armory with B'Rock, "A smirk here, a hip jut there, a jaunty ball-change — and se…

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IMPRESSIONS: The Liberty Hall Dance Festival at Kean University in New Jersey by The Dance Enthusiast

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets to attend The Liberty Hall Dance Festival at Kean University in New Jersey:  "Now in its second season, the event is the brainchild of Nicole Buggé, …

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

A Postcard from the Directors of A-Y/dancers by The Dance Enthusiast

In A Postcard from the Directors of A-Y/dancers, they share that with their first program, they wish to share the work of three of their favorite choreographers, Merce Cunningham, Doug Va…

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Amy Miller, Nana Chinara and Samara Gaev on "Cracks of Light" At Gibney Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

Amy Miller, Nana Chinara, and Samara Gaev answer some questions about "Cracks of Light," part of Gibney’s annual observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Eryc Taylor's Choreographer Grant gives Opportunity to Emerging Choreographers by The Dance Enthusiast

In Eryc Taylor's new Choreographer Grant gives Opportunity to Emerging Choreographers, "In the spirit of those who supported his early career, Taylor created the Eryc Taylor Dance/ New Chor…

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IMPRESSIONS: Danielle Russo Performance Project’s “Sentinel” at Brooklyn Historical Society by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Danielle Russo Performance Project’s Sentinel at Brooklyn Historical Society, "

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Dance News: Richard Alston Dance Company Announces the Ensemble will Close in 2020 by The Dance Enthusiast

In Richard Alston Dance Company to Close in 2020, "It will tour in autumn 2019 including a special ‘At Home’ programme at The Place in celebration of the company’s 25 years of work …

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Dance News: Applications Open for HERE's Signature $100,000 Residency Program by The Dance Enthusiast

Applications are now open for HERE's signature $100,000 Residency Program.This multi-year, $100,000 residency program aids a wide range of artistic disciplines including theatre, dance, mus…

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Monday, October 8, 2018

Freemove Dance's Jenn Freeman on "...it's time..." At The 14 Street Y by The Dance Enthusiast

Freemove Dance's Jenn Freeman on "...it's time..." At The 14 Street Y, "

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IMPRESSIONS: Fall for Dance at New York City Center with Boston Ballet, Sara Mearns, Caleb Teicher & Company, and Cie Hervé KOUBI by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Fall for Dance at New York City Center with Boston Ballet, Sara Mearns, Caleb Teicher & Company, and Cie Hervé KOUBI, "The sold-out, fifteenth Fall for Dance has start…

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Meet the 2018 Bessie Nominee: Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer Hadar Ahuvia nominated for “Everything You Have is Yours" by The Dance Enthusiast

In Meet 2018 Bessie Nominees: Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer, Hadar Ahuvia nominated for Everything You Have is Yours, "Vulnerability connected me to the focus of my work, which w…

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Meet the 2018 Bessies Nominees for Outstanding Production: Kota Yamazaki and David Thomson by The Dance Enthusiast

In Meet the 2018 Bessies Nominees for Outstanding Production: Kota Yamazaki for Darkness Odyssey Part 2: I or Hallucination and David Thomson for he his own mythical beast, "I loved to orch…

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Dance News: Choreographer/ Performer Okwui Okpokwasili and Filmmaker/Performance Artist Wu Tsang Receive 2018 MacArthur Fellowship by The Dance Enthusiast

MacArthur today named its 2018 class of MacArthur Fellows, recognizing 25 exceptionally creative individuals with a track record of achievement and the potential for significant contribut…

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