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"We're going to change narratives through full length work. So in the future, there are more heroines to talk about beyond Eva Perón, there are more heroes beyond Juan de Pareja, and ther…
"Based in The Hague, NDT is home to some of the most talented and versatile dancers on the planet, but the company is cherished for its innovative, multifaceted choreography."Â " Cecly Pla…
"This entrance set the deliberate, thoughtful tone of Williams' evening length work set to Beglarian's anthology, Machaut in the Machine Age. Filled with gentle trios, duets, solos, and ense…
"CLYMOVE Dance's 2024 Spring Gala and Season celebrated the fourth year of Clymene Aldinger's company, and left the viewers at The Ailey Citigroup Theater feeling empowered. " Kristen Hedber…
"Through these events Kelly probes questions on two sides of the same coin: what brings us together and what tears us apart. Beauty, terror, and vulnerability vibrate from every atom of this…
" 'So complex the time we are in,' sighs Wertheim whose tours to China and Brazil had been cancelled because of anti-Israeli sentiment. . "But we can always connect," she adds hopefully. Wer…
"Transverberation sweeps viewers into an experience of intimacy, reflection, and acceptance...with raw, authoritative performances by August Henderson, Jack Blackmon and Ragin Smith. " Krist…
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Addressing issues that affect the lives of contemporary women, Grossfield in metamorphosis 2 examines the far-right, wellness culture, Millennials, Boomers, feminism, Blackness, Whiten…
"Toward the end, the holdouts perform a series of flamboyant solos, sinking and swiveling, jogging and dodging, and we remember why we come to these parties at Trisha's---for the sheer pleas…
"Through the challenges and rewards of progress, Coulibaly asserts a continual need for transformative awakening that draws on ancestral power to activate self-driven futures." Sarah Cecilia…
"Awarded both the inaugural Trisk Fellowship and the New York Live Arts "Fresh Tracks" residency this past fall, Antinozzi is quickly becoming an important and consistent voice on the New Yo…
"Choreographers Amadi 'Baye' Washington and Sam 'Asa' Pratt use the riddle of the Sphinx as an allegorical structure for their latest collaboration, 4/ 2/ 3." -Cecly Placenti, New York
" While Morris is known for the tight music-movement relationships his concert-dance choreography establishes, here, we feel that partnership more blatantly than ever. Every dance st…
"No visa required to enter Jersey City, and astonishingly quick to reach from Manhattan! Nimbus Dance, founded in 2005 by Sam Potts [...] is a magnificent venue " with studios for its…
"A rockstar performance by dancer Olga Pericet crowned the latest New York Flamenco Festival with the extravagant imagery of her show, La Leona. Yet stars of all kinds shone at this annual c…
"And not to get political, but with all these governments doing crazy shit, we still get submissions from Russia, from Ukraine, from Israel and the Middle East. And you get to see the people…
"To connect three such varied segments so seamlessly is a wonderful feat in itself. Congratulations to the creators, performers, and curators for a thoughtful yet entertaining performance th…
"People are realizing the necessity of an arts eco-system and are seeing that not everything is centered in New York and Europe. There needs to be a larger focus on the Bay Area as an import…
"To be honest, I wanted to like Illinoise. And for some, it does resonate. The show has been picked up for a 16-week run on Broadway at the St. James Theater beginning April 24. As a commerc…
"Rebecca Margolick's Reservoir and Kashia Kancey's I Believed It Too premiered in the latest
iteration of the theater's Split Bill Series, which brings together pairings of emerging NYC-base…
IMPRESSIONS: Sankofa Danzafro in "Behind the South: Dances for Manuel" at The Joyce Theater: "Palacios Callejas has translated the fascinating novel into a vivid fever dream illustrating the…
"So we got in a room and conducted our first two week workshop... At the end of it, Sting and his manager came into the studio to watch...He asked us to please make this show now, which …
"But the statement that most closely describes Unstill Life"or any life for that matter "was "A step is taken toward something and away from something else." Wendy Perron, New York