2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In IMPRESSIONS: "… An Evening of HOPE," Featuring Works by Hope Boykin at the 92nd Street Y, "Part love letter, part living journal, Boykin invites us into her private world and offers …
In IMPRESSIONS: Barkin/Selissen Project "Accidental Suite" at Arts on Site, "While presenting film alongside a live performance can be powerful, experiencing several short movies back-to-…
DANCE NEWS: Dance/NYC Announces New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program
In IMPRESSIONS: Lucinda Childs': "DANCE" at The Joyce Theater, "A ghost-like quality pervades as the dancers in the film appear and disappear. Sometimes, they are layered directly on top of …
In IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre's Fall Gala 2021 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, "Focused on new American contributions, this evening stated and underlined repeatedly a…
DANCE NEWS: DANCE NOW Takes Its Final Bow On December 31, 2021
In IMPRESSIONS: "UNEDITED," Featuring Rachna Nivas and Students of the Leela Dance Collective, at Dixon Place, "Nivas tore through the Kathak equivalent of 32 fouettés, bells jangling on…
In DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: The Dynamic Rockers Versus the X-Fenz Crew as Part of Lincoln Center's Restart Stages: "The judges' three arms indicated a unanimous decision. This time, forty y…
In DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Watching "Sweet Gwen Suite" by MOVING VISIONS Editor Lisa Jo Sagolla, "However, in ingeniously assembling Sweet Gwen Suite choreographer Linda Haberm…
"Let's get back to normal. We're back to normal, let's be more than normal " ultra-normal deluxe." Of course, the excitement is great, but I am finding it difficult to be swept into its …
In IMPRESSIONS: Richard Move/MoveOpolis!'s "Herstory of the Universe@Governors Island," "Although the event was technically a roving, site-specific dance performance, it felt like, and un…
"I am so grateful to the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Through this honor, they emphasize the fact that disability is not a deficit; it is a powerful creative and cultural force," stated Alic…
Dance Grenada International Dance Festival 2021: How The 2nd Edition Embodies Afro-Futurism
In DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: David Parker of The Bang Group, "Without a thought of movement hierarchy, and on a continuum with other forms, the company's movement style is a blend of mode…
In IMPRESSIONS: FJK Dance/Fadi J. Khoury's "Reset" at New York Live Arts, "The melting pot approach reveals its innovation during the port de bras. Although executed with balletic grace, …
In IMPRESSIONS: Arts on Site Presents Amber Sloan, "Facing forward, the fingers of one braid into the fingers of the other within a series of beautifully developed rolling and weight shar…
In IMPRESSIONS: Denishawn at Theatre at St. Jean, Produced by Audrey Ross, "What courage Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn had, presenting what no one else had seen! The mystery behind crea…
DANCE NEWS: The Bessies Announce Recipients of the 2021 NY Dance and Performance Awards
Third Rail Projects in "Return the Moon" on Zoom: "The narrow viewing perspective dictates our focus and draws our attention to small movements: the folding and unfolding of hands, fists tap…
In Alejandro Cerrudo's "It Starts Now" at The Joyce Theater, "A been-there-seen-that quality pervades the elements from major to minor, and I spent much of the show remembering where I sa…
IMPRESSIONS: Sw!ng Out at The Joyce Theater, Conceived and Directed by Caleb Teicher, "Then just when I thought the show couldn't possibly make me any happier, Teicher announces the entra…
In IMPRESSIONS: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in "Deep Blue Sea" at Park Avenue Armory, "I don't want this peace to end. The next passing wave brings with it a flood of hard truths …
DANCE NEWS: Call for Submission"DanceAfrica 45 at BAM "Homegrown: In the Spirit of Our Beginnings"
DANCE NEWS: Free Performances At The 2021 Porch Plays Festival at Snug HarborÂ
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater/Lincoln Center " Fall 2021 Season, "Justin Peck's Rotunda, from last year and to a commissioned score by Nico Muhly, at first…