2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In IMPRESSIONS: Trisha Brown Dance Company at The Joyce Theater with Guest Commission by Judith Sánchez RuÃz : "They've done it. The Trisha Brown Dance Company has taken the plunge, an…
IMPRESSIONS OF: Audrey Ross Presents "Dances I Love" at The Theatre at St. Jeans. "Audrey Ross, a tireless publicist and former dancer who has caught the bug to produce. The dances s…
"Subscript's visceral and cinematic choreography, adapted from Dual Rivet's 2022 film IN CAPSULE, manipulates perspective in alluring ways. By utilizing parts of the theater not normally res…
In IMPRESSIONS: ∞therside collective / Sarah Chien "You Are In My Everywhere" Presented by Gibney: "You Are In My Everywhere is a composition for three dancers and two musicians that eb…
Cover image credits:
(Left) Chelsea Ainsworth dancing with Effy Grey; photo courtesy of the artist.
(Right) Maria Ambrose and John Harnage in Brandenburgs; photo by Ron Thiele.
"Working with technology is incredibly expensive and time consuming. It's also a creative wonderland. If you can find the resources to innovate within these mediums and they are truly adding…
Award applicants must be emerging or established choreographers whose body of work reflects quality, craft, creativity, and innovation and who are proposing a collaborative partnership with …
In IMPRESSIONS: Miguel Gutierrez "I As Another" at Baryshnikov Arts Center" Miguel Gutierrez doesn't just make dances. He makes problems. Or rather, he gives problems shape and voice..." Sar…
"Amid all this growth and movement, I do see stillness. This stillness brings me grounding and hope. It gives me a moment to breathe and feel connected to the world and seen by my community …
In IMPRESSIONS: Kimiko Tanabe "Portrait of Myself as a YÅ«rei" at Triskelion Arts: "Through a series of interconnected vignettes, Tanabe plumbs the aftereffects of Japanese -American incar…
In IMPRESSIONS: Harlem Stage Presents E-Moves 2023, Curated by Stefanie Batten Bland:Â "African Americans, hybrid in composition already, are constantly navigating making methods that are…
In IMPRESSIONS: Centre Chorégraphique National Ballet de Lorraine at NYU Skirball, a Poetic Response to CCN Ballet in Works of Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley and Miguel Gutierrez : "the …
"Proud of its heritage, yet living fully in the present, the Martha Graham Dance Company remains at the forefront of American modern dance. Its recent season revealed a troupe equal…
Douglas Dunn's extraordinary and peculiar new dance, Garden Party, a pinnacle in his accomplished career, offers a poignant love letter to Grazia Della-Terza, his lifetime partner, to his co…
New York Live Arts presents the 9th interdisciplinary humanities festival Live Ideas 2023, Planet Justice: Are you here for it*?, this May 17-21. "It" is defined as social and environmental …
The Dance Enthusiast speaks with Cathy Weis, on the history of 541 and 537 Broadway, and WeisAcres, and her exemplary work with video, movement, lights and sound, Sundays on Broadway, and he…
"Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has invited us to move to Rockefeller Park this summer where we'll benefit from the large lawn and river-front views, as we bask in the glow of perform…
IMPRESSIONS: Opening Night of New York City Ballet's Spring Season: "With a plethora of exciting dancers in its ranks and a rich catalog of ballets ...New York City Ballet's spring season (r…
"In a shared evening comprised of two multi-disciplinary solos that explore complex intrapersonal relationships, Flomin and Lenkinski prove they share more than just the same name. They each…
Lunch with Sonia, a true tale of euthanasia, sensitively and effectively handled, is told by dancers, puppets, video, music, and spoken and recorded narration in English and Spanish. ~ Ca…
In POSTCARDS: Laurie Kanyok, Broadway Veteran and Founder/ Director Kanyok Arts Initiative": I am fortunate to have retired from Broadway at a time of change and have a very clear vision of …
Driscoll's Weathering, 70 minutes of riveting, engrossing performance, an artistic triumph, comments on and equates the human condition with the dissolution of our natural environment. Our p…
"Is it possible for dance to excite and soothe simultaneously? Kyle Abraham, artistic director of Abraham in Motion (A.I.M.), executed exactly this idea at The Joyce Theater... " "Â Mirand…