2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
POSTCARDS: On forging a career in New York -- Profiling Demetris Charalambous: "I was struck by Demetris' ability to world-build with their movement alone amidst a sea of street-clothed …
IMPRESSIONS: SOKOLOW THEATER/DANCE ENSEMBLE's In the Eye of a Drea :"The late choreographer Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was a sculptor of movement chipping away patiently until her dances revea…
In IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre's First Gala Evening with New Artistic Director Susan Jaffe;"After seeing the promising youngsters in the opening number, this first pas de deuxÂ�…
In IMPRESSIONS: Mark DeGarmo's "Las Fridas: An Offering for the Days of the Dead" at The Clemente Center "As a millennial, I instantly note how refreshing and beautiful it is to see bodie…
In IMPRESSIONS: "Room with a View" - (LA)HORDE and Rone with The Ballet National de Marseille at Skirball Center: "Room is a collaboration between electronic music producer Rone and choreogr…
"What makes Jungle Book reimagined such a wondrous two-hour, dance-theatre adventure is how magically it amalgamates pairs of differing expressive modalities to concoct its mysteriously unif…
"Marshall invites audiences into his mind, prayers and ruminations through choreography that is subtle, contemplative and imbued with deep presence." "Â Cecly Placenti, New York
POSTCARDS: Lucy Stewart of Complexions Contemporary Ballet On Their Joyce Season: "I was introduced to Complexions when I was nine years old, and it has been a dream of mine to join ever sin…
IMPRESSIONS: Stephen Petronio Company "Breath of the Beast" at NYU Skirball: "As a choreographer, Petronio clearly still has creative energy to spare"a fact that allows his own oeuvre to spa…
IMPRESSIONS: Bill T. Jones ,Marc Bamuthi Joseph, & Tamar-kali's "Watch Night" at the Perelman Performing Arts Center: "when does the theatricalized retelling of violence constitute a nec…
 Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center -The 20th Edition :"This year's festival offered five different programs, ten performances, and fifteen works, celebrating twenty years o…
IMPRESSIONS: The Lyon Opera Ballet (Opéra de Lyon Ballet), performed Dance (1979) choreographed by Lucinda Childs, music by Philip Glass, and film by Sol LeWitt, at New York City Center, Oc…
IMPRESSIONS: Dorothée Munyaneza "Mailles" at New York Live Arts"True to its name, Dorothée Munyaneza's "Mailles" crafts delicate yet resilient narrative and aesthetic "meshes" by interweav…
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet 75th Anniversary Season Week Four - All Balanchine- at Lincoln Center: "The final week of New York City Ballet's month-long fall season features its actu…
"Greetings from Lincoln Center! My name is Lisa Borres, a dancer at Paul Taylor Dance Company. I'm writing from "Jersey" as we call it, also known as the furthest dressing room on the 2nd fl…
In THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Aaron P. Dworkin, The PoetJournalist -In-Residence with Complexions Contemporary Ballet: "Now as they say, 'the world is becoming more like Complexions...'Â …
"Although the show's title implies a step-by-step guide leading to a career in dance, How to Be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons is not an instruction manual, but rather a collection of musin…
In DANCE NEWS: Ballet Tech Launches New Initiative - Ballet Tech Across New York "For forty-five years"beginning decades before the long-overdue prioritization of access and inclusion in…
 IMPRESSIONS: Ola Maciejewska's "Bombyx Mori" at Florence Gould Hall "Polish choreographer, Ola Maciejewska, who created "Bombyx Mori," credits Loïe Fuller and her Serpentine Dance (18…
"From its inception, the company has remained committed to themes of distress and 'otherness'. KÅŒSA explores the satisfaction of harming, the love of self, cross dressing, and death." -Â…
IMPRESSIONS: Rachid Ouramdane and Chaillot's Théâtre National de la Danse "CORPS EXTRÊMES" at BAM: "A body tossed upward onto a ledge protruding from the wall appears to have the same…
IMPRESSIONS: Hope Boykin's "States of Hope" at The Joyce :"Hope Boykin, radiant with a thousand-watt smile...this magnetic woman could be your sister, a cousin, your best friend...So, I …
IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet 75th Anniversary Season -Balanchine and Robbins :"The freshest breeze during this otherwise all-Balanchine season proves to be a contribution by Jerome R…
IMPRESSIONS: Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi 's "BROKEN CHORD" at BAM "The work's central conflict reveals itself in the juxtaposition of the South African soloists and the members of Tri…