2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
IMPRESSIONS: Twyla Tharp Dance at Joyce Theater: "Twyla Tharp Dance's appearance at the Joyce Theater, Feb. 13, reminded us that aspirational values---courage, excellence, and u…
MacDowell has awarded the equivalent of more than $2.3 million in fellowships to 155 artists from 30 U.S. states and 14 countries, arriving from as far afield as Chile and India, Pakistan an…
In IMPRESSIONS: New York Theatre Ballet Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary with Legends & Visionaries at Florence Gould Hall: "New York Theatre Ballet at 45, remains dedicated to pr…
In IMPRESSIONS: Pontus Lidberg "On The Nature Of Rabbits" at The Joyce Theater: "Over his extensive career as a dancer, choreographer and video maker, Pontus Lidberg has molded a mosaic of m…
"As part of this 21st season, in addition to making new works by new voices, we look to the pioneers of the past to learn how their perspectives inform our work today. We've invited Nicole, …
In THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS : Rachna Nivas On Reclaiming the Divine Feminine: "I am figuring out what a guru looks like today. Evolution is one thing, but to discard the tradition entirely …
Norte Maar, a Brooklyn-based arts organization now celebrating 20 years of the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the performing arts, prese…
Mehek is a major new collaboration from two of the finest Kathak contemporary dancers on the world stage, Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas.
IMPRESSIONS: Alonzo King LINES Ballet's Soulful "Deep River" at Lincoln Center :"Overall, the soulful work feels like one continuous dance. Its 13 episodes, demarcated in the program by …
In Nihon BuyÅ in the 21st Century, from Kabuki Dance to Boléro - "AÂ program of music and dance at Japan Society from January 24-26, proved elegant, spare, and engrossing from the ope…
IMPRESSIONS: Jean Butler "What We Hold" at Irish Arts Center"Butler makes visible the lineage of Irish dance first through the cast of performers: a group of eight accomplished Irish dancers…
"The dancers uphold the quintessential fierceness of Martha Graham as they respond to new discoveries and his direction. Without music, they remain engaged and centered as their arms and leg…
DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Gloria McLean on the 2024 American Dance Guild Festival and Her Dance History :"This piece has been an effort to teach through choreography." says McLean. I…
In IMPRESSIONS: Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall "Two Person Operating System Type 2" at The Kitchen": "Guided by exacting directives and material realities, Marshall troubles the aestheti…
IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's Distinguishing "Classic NYCB" at Lincoln Center- "Bravo to all 21 of its performers, not only for their expert dancing, but for the dramatic clarity of th…
In IMPRESSIONS: Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Asian American Arts Alliance Present the Third Annual AAPI Dance Festival "I appreciated how this bill highlighted AAPI choreographers by sh…
IMPRESSIONS: Molissa Fenley and Company "From the Light, Between the Lamps"Â at Roulette: "This dancing together is about being together, not for the effect but for the sheer empathic ple…
In IMPRESSIONS: Ronald K. Brown's EVIDENCE:A Dance Company at The Joyce Theater :"Ronald K. Brown is a man of spiritual depths, with a serious attitude to life. When his dancers step forward…
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater's "The Jungle Book" with Dancer Giana Carroll: "In addition to the amazing costumes, and the fun of creating animal characters, the dance styles in our pr…
IMPRESSIONS: Great Jones Repertory in "Aristotle Thinks Again" at LaMaMa: "Safer's direction and choreography shape a relentless space to interrogate his subject matter from many vantage poi…
IMPRESSIONS: Compagnie Hervé Koubi's Astonishing "Sol Invictus" at the Joyce Theater: "Koubi's choreography is so holistically crafted that the astounding acrobatics contained within it com…
