2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
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…
IMPRESSIONS: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER's 2023 Season at New York City Center "Any choreographer lucky enough to win a commission from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater must con…
Baryshnikov Arts residencies provide space and support to artists for creative investigation in all performing arts disciplines: dance, music, theater, multimedia, performance art, or any co…
 In IMPRESSIONS: Christopher Unpezverde Núñez "YO OBSOLETE" Presented by Pioneers Go East Collective's Out-FRONT! Fest: "YO OBSOLETE" is a highly personal solo work that delves …
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks: Anthony Rizzi, "What Makes a 21st Century Artist?"Â "When I think of capturing the essence of a 21st century dancer, I cannot think of a better person than A…
IMPRESSIONS: Alice Klugherz and Pedro J. Rosado Jr. present "Two Fairytale Rants, a Dance-ical beyond Grimm," at Arts on Site-Alice Klugherz' Rapunzel Rants, comprised of seven madcap sc…
"As a performer I like to jump on walls and roll on the floor," notes Chen [...] As seen in Unisson, later in Distances, and indeed, too, in the 45-minute Rush, Chen and longtime fr…
"It's ridiculous that in 2023 New York City still has rules on the books prohibiting people from dancing at their local restaurants and bars." " Andrew Rigie, Executive Director, NYC Hospita…
"...the dances were made for this location. In their meandering, oblique way, they ask us to remember the last time our nation felt truly united, and to what end. Clearly, we are not united …
In DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Peter Boal on the Choreographers and Experiences That Have Shaped His Career: "Opportunity opened her arms to Peter Boal from his upbringing in Connecticut to a …
DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Sun Kim Dance Theatre's "Lost and Found" Unearths Hope -"Right before we were about to go live for the program entitled, "Asian Women in Hip-Hop Dance," I asked Sun…
 In IMPRESSIONS: Paul Taylor Dance Company with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, at Lincoln Center": Taylor was an artist full of contradictions. He was an avant-gardist enchanted by hoary tr…
Philip Glass's 20 Piano Etudes, composed from 1991-2012, are the works most performed of his vast oeuvre. Maki Namekawa, considered a leading interpreter of the Piano Etudes, and the first t…
In IMPRESSIONS: MAXlive Festival 2023: Where Is My Body?"As technology increasingly intrudes upon our lives, it's no wonder artists feel compelled to react. Yet technology and art remain…
Following her acclaimed choreography for the Public Theater's summer 2023 production of The Tempest at The Delacorte Theater, the multi-talented artist Tiffany Rea-Fisher has been chos…