2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"While ostensibly related to this season’s theme of 'Shape and Design,' Arnell’s film spotlights those aspects of Graham’s work most appealing to a mass audience --…
"It takes trust to engage in a dialogue amongst what Blondell Cummings calls 'overlapping communities.' And, it takes time for that discussion to move past the repetitive and reactio…
"Danspace Project's Platform 2015: Dancers, Buildings, and People in the Streets, delivers on its promise of presenting process-focused evenings, for better or for worse." Garnet Henders…
"While the evening ostensibly functions as a living autobiography, it becomes, through de Lavallade’s luminous grace and intelligence, a master class in how to be a superb human." Erin…
"Following the example of many a ballet gala, the crowd-pleasing nature of duets set a tone for a high octane anniversary program." Deirdre Towers, Brooklyn.
"My entire life I have been a fighter. I was a 10-month baby, even though I was induced twice. I went from being a 17 year old cripple before my career even had a chance to begin, and now I&…
"Traveling across national boundaries to share one's art can be a deeply empowering act on both sides." Peggy Choy
"Traveling across national boundaries to share one's art can be a deeply empowering act on both sides." — Peggy Choy
NYCB dancers Chase Finlay and Lauren Lovette and ABT dancer Catherine Hurlin joined YAGP for its "The Making of a Costume" Event along with fashion designer B Michael and choreographer Andre…
"Triskelion Art's 'Never Before, Never Again' presents an assortment of work that examines various approaches, some more effective than others, to the ways improvisation can info…
"There’s lots of promise here...searching and stomping boldly imprint the space...feels refreshing..'Is This What You Thought It Would be like?' No!" -- notes on Soaking WET,Â…
"Everyone says you have to reach out to the back of the house, the last row. But I was very good friends with Jerry Robbins. He said you have to draw them into your space." Twyla Tharp, New …
So many programs stood out in this year’s well attended Dance on Camera Festival, Dance Films Association’s 43rd and the 19th to be co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Ce…
"Solitude, whether by accident or design, can seem a foreign concept in our fast-paced, hyper-mobile, super-charged, plugged-in world... For Daniel Léveillé, whose Solitudes Solo appeared …
"While Architecture of Proximity explores a physical transformation of external space, Stories of Blind-Light, Shadow and Wind leads us through an internal transformation." Theo Boguszewski,…
" Dance takes the disease, which could separate body from spirit, and unifies it, the outcome of which is shining, graceful humanity." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"In Kelly and Kassabova’s hands, exhilaration and stillness are not opposites; instead, they are like breath, part of a process in which one follows the other." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"NEON BRAVE is a work fixed on courage and brightness of being, investigating both the after effects of libertine actions and the strength needed to move forward."
"With judgments suspended at NYC’s venerable home for public experimentation, Judson Church, Monday night free series protects its creators who come from far and near to test their ide…
"I kept my promise to my mother ( to tell her story) and that means a lot to me." Maria Ramas, Director of Mia, A Dancer's Journey, part of the Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Ce…
"A small group of thirteen principal and soloist dancers from The Royal Danish Ballet appeared at New York City’s Joyce Theater with a selection of works by one choreographer: August B…
"The Joffrey Ballet School and Complexions have many ideas for engaging students and viewers, and video is a big part of them." Nia Austin-Edwards, New York
"Most of the audience probably doesn’t care that Cinderella is nothing more than a beautiful birdbrain. They’re here to see attractive young people in pretty costumes perform imp…
"The limitations of cost and space are usually a huge obstacle in creating a piece. The CUNY residency alleviated that thought and made the focus on the creative process." Mike Esperanza of …
