2,883 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"I realized that performing in cabaret was an opportunity for me to reassemble the elements of musical theatre and create shows that used of all of those elements but in my terms… it …
"This study of the earth, humans, and the effects of plastic is what guided Badolo in the development of the movement vocabulary for Benon." A. Nia Austin-Edwards, New York, NY.
“Preparing for this concert has been challenging both mentally and physically,” admitted new BalletX company dancer Zachary Kapeluck. “Everything is continually morphing, e…
Join the Rockettes at this theatrical dance performance that celebrates the greatest city in the world. T
"I feel like I’m in the ultimate prep kitchen. I have an amazing group of people and we’ve crafted the work collectively. It’s as if we’re all in smaller separate…
"It may seem a strange concept to “rehearse” for an improvisation but for these artists it is not. Really, rehearsal is about getting used to playing together, getting familiar &…
"If people like dance,they should come to The Joyce. If they want to find beauty on stage that is the place. There is lots beauty... The dancers are beautiful, powerful, and so exposed and b…
"Rennie Harris is known for taking hip hop onto the concert dance stage. While this is true, it’s not the whole truth. Along the way, Harris pioneered a new genre of dance performance.…
"It’s based on the number 5. Vangeline extrapolates, 'After I realized that I had to work with Beethoven’s 5th symphony (a bit of an obsession) I started researching the role…
Choreographer Pam Tanowitz makes her long-awaited The Joyce Theater debut the first weekend in February. Showcasing two premieres, Tanowitz investigates the relationship between dance and mu…
Once upon a time, it was easy for dance artists to believe all they had to do was create performances and audiences would come.
"Christopher Williams danced Douglas Dunn’s younger, inner self, flaunting a deliberately awkward, spastic charm...Williams mastered Dunn’s style so well that their duets appeare…
"To ‘check your body at the door’ means to leave all baggage at the door and to enjoy one’s self to the fullest. Underground clubs were a safe haven where ‘Clubheads,…
" Lanky and lace-clad, her dancing is slippery and distorted, like a late-night partygoer stumbling home after too many glasses of wine. Sometimes, she pauses and stares at us with the fixed…
“The title also refers to my monologue in the piece, which is an open letter from a character who is both Denzel and me. It’s semi-biographical, and he is relinquishing the power…
"In …Too Freedom… Adrienne Truscott puts her “day job” as a house manager at The Kitchen front and center....The spotlighting of latecomers is satisfying becaus…
"Bory has created "Plexus" as a portrait of Kaori Ito... Even with brief moments of strange, disturbing beauty that intrigue, we sense there many empty spaces between those thousands of stri…
Mere mention of the company’s name brings robust athleticism to mind. The company is also known for being widely traveled; they have toured the entire United States, Asia, and South Am…
"Watching [Michelle] Boulé put on her simple blue rehearsal attire one piece at a time (such a mundane and often private act) is in some ways even more intimate than witnessing her nakednes…
"In their collaboration 13 Love Songs: dot dot dot, Ishmael Houston-Jones and Emily Wexler poke holes in the thin veneer of pop love songs and, more broadly, popular ideas about love. They a…
Aerial artist and Grounded Aerial founder Karen A. Fuhrman tells The Dance Enthusiast what It feels like to ‘fly’.
"For me, the space [the Chocolate Factory] —two shoebox-like rooms with windows on their far walls, connected by an awkward staircase and a sloping floor—combines aspects of drea…
"And if you've never seen Urban Bush Women, I think you'll see a part of our legacy of strong powerful women on stage who don't back down from their strength, their femininity, s…
"Enter tonight’s (prima donna): Raja Feather Kelly dressed as Andy Warhol dressed as Warhol’s female alter ego Drella. Perched on 5-inch high platforms, she daintily floats into …
"So, once again, it’s winter. It’s City Center. And if you thought you knew what makes Ailey Ailey, think again." Eva Yaa Asantewaa, New York, NY.
