2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"How can the performers really connect with the audience? How can the audience really connect with the dancers and not just sit back and judge them?..." says RoseAnne Spradlin.
"Reimagining dark swan on Urban Bush Women, a legendary American dance company, was a beautifully challenging invitation," says Nora Chipaumire.
"In We Are Still Watching, she recasts show-goers as performers, and we spend an hour reading aloud a play, randomly passing around scripts to ensure everyone has a go in the spotlight." Eri…
"Our own bodies are implicated from the start, submerged in Lerman’s investigation as we enter the theater through a back door and shuffle past a series of tableaux vivants." Robert Jo…
"I've always known I wanted to make things. I've always been overwhelmed by powerful story telling – in the body, in song, in spoken and written language – and dancing wa…
Though burlesque artists are known for taking their clothes off, costuming is vital to their routines.“Clothing provides so much texture, context, and opportunity for a richer experien…
"And so, over the two evenings of Abraham's most recent group works, presented at New York Live Arts last month, this old, straight Jewess attempted to get with the program." Mindy Aloff…
Dancers of the Martha Graham Dance Company dish on their favorite threads, signature looks and costume mishaps.
" A bow to the Russian traditions of the art form, all dances featured music by ballet’s musical godfather, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky." Henning Rübsam, New York, NY.
"More Than Just a Piece of Sky is a work driven by fractured text...The piece also draws inspiration from the Barbra Streisand movie musical 'Yentl' " Garnet Henderson, Long Island C…
"Set in New York as Hurricane Sandy is about to ravage the city, Theseus is in the grip of a midlife crisis. Accompanied by a transgender Ariadne and on his way to choreograph a flashy numbe…
"Our interaction is like the movement of Ping Pang Qiu (table tennis)," says Tim Yip on his collaboration with Akram Khan.
"Molissa Fenley must be a captivating conversationalist. I‘ve never spoken to her, but it’s the way her choreography speaks to me that leads to the thought. Her language is vivid…
"Using ballet dancers who don pointe shoes which are hung on silver poles and painted with each of the fourteen colors used in Seurat’s painting, she maps the dots through their footwo…
"It begins like every horrible tour you've been on before. There are stragglers, complainers, and avid Instagrammers...Set in the rolling hills of Green-Wood Cemetery, “Crossing Ov…
"Three Acts, while providing an exhilarating experience for its audience, only scratches the surface of this potential interplay between art forms," Garnet Henderson, New York, NY.
"When I entered FIT’s stunning new exhibit “DANCE & FASHION” last Friday morning for a press preview, Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of the museum, exci…
During the festival’s intensely paced twelve days, audiences will have the opportunity to experience a range of performances by artists that challenge heteronorms and the status quo on…
"Wheeldon has indicated that he strove to create something akin to a Broadway musical... Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland feels less like a splashy spectacle on the Great White Way and…
Racism douses the light. “It dupes the world and robs all of us by stealing our humanity and smothering our identities,” states Bauman.
"Channeling the craft of short story writing, dance makers are given a “maximum” of five minutes to make a clear artistic statement while dancing on a stage that, for most movers…
"Sun/Son is a multidimensional dance experience that seeks to excavate the meaning of freedom that exists in a metaphorical and realistic form."
Through this event, we wish to achieve the dual purpose of celebrating and honoring peace, through listening, a united moment of silence - a call for Peace in our world." Jacqulyn Buglisi, C…
"Triskelion Arts of Williamsburg is moving to Greenpoint! Already, as of June 2014, in the midst of construction, 45 companies had been booked to perform at the new Triskelion Arts betwe…
"Shakedown is a perspective shift. It is a reminder that dance is for everyone, it has the power to transform...and is a needed source of joy in this confusing and sometimes difficult world"…
