DANCE NEWS: CUNY Dance Initiative Announces Fall 2024 Master Classes and Workshops by The Dance Enthusiast

CUNY 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…

DANCE NEWS: The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU Announces 2024-2025 Fellows by The Dance Enthusiast

“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…

IMPRESSIONS : AINADAMAR: A Fountain of Tears at the Metropolitan Opera by The Dance Enthusiast

"Deborah Colker, the Brazilian director/choreographer, keeps the cast moving; the space seems to expand and contract as they billow out and in, and sometimes up. The cast, singers and dancer…

IMPRESSSIONS: The Batsheva Ensemble performs “Kamuyot” at 92Y by The Dance Enthusiast

"At the heart of the show is a proposal—an appeal to joy, an invitation to connect and be together in this time and place, and to dance." - Cecly Placenti, New York

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: The Joffrey + Ballet in the US at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Niall Jones “JohnsonJaxxxonJefferson” at Danspace Project by The Dance Enthusiast

"stunned to be confronted by a flood of light ...darkness is only a comfort to the idle spectator...which you are notnot here...not tonight...maybe not ever again...shake awake the witness i…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Center Fall for Dance 2024 - Programs 2 and 3 by The Dance Enthusiast

"kNoname Artist / Roderick George is a company I was unfamiliar with, but that from now on I will seek out...George has made a moving work and his powerful dancers commit to it wholeheartedl…

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: The Joffrey + Ballet in the US at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Part 1) by The Dance Enthusiast

"The crush at the door for the Joffrey Ballet tickets at the Vienna Festival was so overwhelming that the city’s strict fire laws were broken, and people were herded in without seats for t…

IMPRESSIONS: Company Wayne McGregor at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park by The Dance Enthusiast

"Company Wayne McGregor from Britain took to the Mountain View stage at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY, umbrellaed by the splendid kitesurfer-like awning on sunny afternoons, October …

IMPRESSIONS: Alethea Pace's Site Specific "between wave and water" by The Dance Enthusiast

 "The last surviving image documenting the location where Africans...were laid to rest in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx is a 1910 photograph titled "Slave Burying Ground.” Alethea …

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: The Limón Dance Company Rehearsing José Limón's "The Traitor" by The Dance Enthusiast

“What is so spectacular about this work in particular, and what also makes it difficult to re stage, is that each each character, is having a individualistic experience of the events that …

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Works & Process presents Martha Graham Dance Company with Baye & Asa by The Dance Enthusiast

"Notably unlike Graham, Baye & Asa have not placed themselves front and center in their own work; and although the new Cortege contains solos, it is eminently an ensemble piece in which …

IMPRESSIONS: SOULSKIN Dance presents BEAUTY at Mark Morris Dance Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"BEAUTY unfolded as a total sensory experience with trippy projections, a diverse soundscape, and a contemporary ballet aesthetic." -Hanna Lieberman, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Dance and Process: Rena Anakwe, ms. z tye, & Ogemdi Ude at The Kitchen by The Dance Enthusiast

"These artists challenge notions of performance through a participatory ethos that invites and implicates the spectator ... Together Anakwe, tye, and Ude offer an evening of generosity, aban…

IMPRESSIONS: Girl Group Performances: Arlene Shechet X Annie-B Parson at Storm King Art Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Dipping into her quintessentially spare, staccato pedestrian gestures and walks, this most recent offering references Parson’s emotionally reserved dances designed to express, without fus…

The Dance Enthusiast Asks: Choreographer Mark Morris and Breakthru's Melissa Painter Collaborate To Bring Movement to the Workplace by The Dance Enthusiast

"I’m trying to build a bridge between everything Mark's been doing forever and these poor people stuck in desk jobs. It's a movement, and we're not going to give up. " Melissa Painter, Fou…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: Z for Maya Simone Z and Dounia ZELLOU by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: R.O.S.E. at the Park Avenue Armory by The Dance Enthusiast

"In this hypnotic whirlwind of light and sound, R.O.S.E. proves contemporary dance is not a remote art form to only be appreciated by dance cognoscenti, it is a movement for the people." Mir…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet 2024 Fall Season “Eclectic NYCB” by The Dance Enthusiast

"Seeing a dancer debut in a role can be an exciting discovery. Comparing a dancer’s first performance to another artist’s seasoned take might not always seem fair. But, in the end, diffe…

IMPRESSIONS : Belongó Worldwinds- Arturo O’Farrill, La Tasha Barnes Jazz Continuum, and Soles of Duende at Roulette by The Dance Enthusiast

"These sixteen dancers and musicians play together like sandbox pals who have known each other since kindergarten...  Yet this joyous and spicy collaboration marked the first time that the …

Dance/NYC Partners with Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy On Newly Launched Araminta Space Grant by The Dance Enthusiast

Dance/NYC is excited to announce their partnership with Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy on the inaugural cycle of the newly launched Araminta Space Grant Initiative in celebration of the …

IMPRESSIONS: "THAT SHOW" presented in Collaboration with Index Space by The Dance Enthusiast

"On September 21, THAT SHOW hosted its second half-performance, half-celebration event. Held once again at Index Space, the production exuded a familiar, earnest DIY vibe—the kind that say…

DANCE NEWS: AGMA and Atlanta Ballet Announce New 4-Year Contract: A Milestone for Dancer Rights and Compensation by The Dance Enthusiast

The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Atlanta Ballet are proud to jointly announce a progressive 4-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that sets a new standard for danc…

IMPRESSIONS: Shindig - A Social Gathering with Dance Presented by Forza Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"Forza Dance’s second annual Shindig: a social gathering with dance, superbly captures the momentum of the multi-faceted arts organization. Forza, founded by choreographer Michaella Barron…

IMPRESSIONS: Re-formed London City Ballet’s New York Debut at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"And in an affectionate nod to the past, the new 12-member troupe incorporated two short, scrapbook-like films into its four-piece program of ballets by contemporary British dance-makers." …

IMPRESSIONS: DANCENOW 2024 at Joe's Pub Hosted by TruDee by The Dance Enthusiast

"This is a joy bubble,” exclaims Deborah Lohse as host ‘TruDee’, introducing the 28th annual season of DANCENOW at  The Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub. This cabaret-style performance …

Things I am Learning About: Civic Duty, Dance, and “The Table of Silence” by The Dance Enthusiast

"There is a moment, performed in silence, when everyone in their circles lifts up their arms and faces towards the sky. Time stops. Transcendence is one word that comes to mind at this momen…

SUMMER IMPRESSIONS: Dance in Brazzaville - Andoche Loubaki’s "Esprit" at the Espace Zola, Centre Culturel Zola by The Dance Enthusiast

"The dancing, featuring traditional Congolese movement, was powerful and very full bodied.  It was full of torso complications, waists and hips moving, and strong, expansive legs.  The wom…

POSTCARDS: Eileen Kim of BalletX on Making Her BalletX and Joyce Theater Debut In One Go by The Dance Enthusiast

"I can’t wait to keep growing and discovering more with BalletX. Catch us at The Joyce Theater soon!" — Eileen Kim, Philadelphia

DAY IN THE LIFE: TWO DANCES - GREYZONE & Emily Kessler/POGO - Present an Evening of New Work by The Dance Enthusiast

Rumble Strip and AMPLITUDE share many qualities, including titular allusions to deep, vibrating, resonant sounds and rich commitments to form. Emily (Kessler) of POGO and Lindy (Fines) of GR…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: Y for Yue Yin and Sangeeta Gosh-Yesley by The Dance Enthusiast