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"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 diasporic s…
"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…
"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."Â - Cecly Placenti, New York
"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…
"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…
"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 the…
"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 …
 "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 …
"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 ar…
"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 …
"BEAUTY unfolded as a total sensory experience with trippy projections, a diverse soundscape, and a contemporary ballet aesthetic."Â -Hanna Lieberman, New York
"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…
"Dipping into her quintessentially spare, staccato pedestrian gestures and walks, this most recent offering references Parson's emotionally reserved dances designed to express, without fuss,…
"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, Found…
"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…
"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, different…
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 celebrati…
"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 th…
"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 says,…
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 …
"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 i…
"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."Â…
"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 series i…