"Colorful clothing, an extremely varied yet traceable soundscore, and evocative memories spoken by Gagliardone’s father contributed to this rich and nuanced process, but it was the perform…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"These questions and themes surrounding identity linger with me after witnessing Yang Sun’s riveting work in process, The Stranger, at Hi-Arts.The interdisciplinary, immersive work set on…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"I would just go right for the essence of what the winter holidays have meant to us in American culture and in dance culture. Because there's really no place besides the United States where …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Beugré, who in an interview with Bill T. Jones admits she has a hard time placing her art in a box, does not specify the work as any one “type of dance or art.” Rather, the performers …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"We dove into choreography right away, and I’m thrilled with the many opportunities I have to dance. Some pieces, like Weihnachtsbaum, choreographed by Claire, are new, and it’s been ex…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Just a couple of minutes into artistic director Omar Román De Jesús’ group work Los Perros del Barrio Colosal, I feel my shoulders relax. This guy knows what he’s doing. While …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"This corny opener proves to be one of only a few missteps in Acqua, an otherwise engaging program honoring the harmonious confluence of body, mind, and spirit, as exemplified in the works o…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"These participants are champions, generously giving their words to support the art and artists of dance. What they share here are not merely “reviews” but windows into dance history." C…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Dual Rivet’s compelling new evening-length work Subscript speaks to control and shifting power structures. It combines detailed and imaginative set designs with visceral dancing and compe…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Traumatized by the effects of the AIDS epidemic when I first saw the piece in 1994, I needed two additional viewings, thirty years later, to comprehend that the work is not limited to d…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith have created notably fierce and provocative duets together since 2006. In their latest dance, Prairie Dawn, at Roulette, November 14-16, they again tackle unt…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"I mean, it is really a prayer. It’s a prayer in all of the ways. It's a prayer for me...And separate from me, it’s also a conversation with nature; watching nature and the environment c…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM“In times that have no sense or logic, how is it that the need for resolution can fade and simply finding relevance, moment to moment, is enough?” Wally Cardona, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Choreographer Garth Fagan, 84 years of age, (and the winner of Tony and Olivier awards for Broadway’s Lion King), presented his dances and those of close associates at the Joyce Theater, …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"With its mythic histories and dreamlike departures, “Hoary” attends to place as an unstable entity constituted by human, animal, material, ecological, and temporal elements." Sarah Ceci…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Seeing a program twice on consecutive evenings is a gamble, but I feel I won the lottery!" Henning Rübsam, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"There is much choreography to be learned between these resurfacing pieces and premieres, but it has been worth the task [...] Doing this has inspired my rehearsals and will bring an added l…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"As a whole, the program invites us to experience the intersection of space and identity. Each performer offers a heartfelt investigation of their use of Triskelion’s transformative space …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Dancemaker Netta Yerushalmy approaches the question of newness in dance through a voracious engagement with the archive. Her 2018 PARAMODERNITIES lecture-performance series spanned six bril…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The production’s driving element, however, was Herman Cornejo’s expressive performance as Raskolnikov. Cornejo makes the character’s tortured inner landscape visible and palpable. …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM“Robert Battle brings a wealth of talent and knowledge to Taylor. I’m deeply gratified that he accepted this position." — Michael Novak, Artistic Director of the Paul Taylor Dance…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe Alchemist’s Veil at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre features Fleming’s 90 minutes of dance, film and music inspired by the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Comprised of nine scenes…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSee Jada Pearman and Shawn Lesniak Dance with their Talented Castmates during Paul Taylor's Season at Lincoln Center November 5th thru November 24th!
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"There, in between the park’s fountains, they are greeted by visual artist Jakob Vitale’s tall, wooden cityscape mural. Booming music vibrates near his painting playground. As people …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"As Jody Sperling hoped, these two Taylor dancers have taken her Loie Fuller inspired, yet contemporary dances inside of themselves to make something very special, old yet new. It will be…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"All Peck"celebrates Justin Peck’s decade as New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer. In the grand walls of the David H. Koch Theater, a highlight of All Peck is the mini-documenta…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMActivist, dancer, and choreographer, Alvin Ailey stands at the fulcrum of the Whitney Museum’s Edges of Ailey exhibition running through February 9, 2025. This show was six years in the ma…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Rearray, originally created for Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 2011 for Sylvie Guillem and Nicolas La Riche, is both beautiful and glaringly harsh." - Ann Moradian
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"One cannot help but follow Trenary’s every step on her transfixing journey, as she pushes the boundaries of what a single dancer can do in terms of energy and endurance." Hennin…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMCUNY Dance Initiative announces its Fall 2024 Master Classes and Workshops. As part of its residency program for NYC choreographers, the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI) sponsors classes, worksho…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM“We are thrilled to welcome this extraordinary group of fellows to CBA and NYU this academic year. Their diverse disciplines — including theater, choreography, art history, Black diaspor…
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