2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In IMPRESSIONS: FLOCK's "Familiar," Presented at the 92nd Street Y, "The muted effect of the stage and sound enable a sustained focus on the dancing, where swirling limbs form negativ…
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's Fall Gala with Choreography by Sidra Bell, Andrea Miller, and Jerome Robbins, "An annual event, the performance features new ballets by hot choreogr…
DANCE NEWS: Urban Bush Women Founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow
In IMPRESSIONS: In Conversation with Merce with Choreography by Merce Cunningham, Kyle Abraham, and Liz Gerring, Presented by Baryshnikov Arts Center, "So, while certain images in Landrov…
"The world of walking artists intrigues me, and has so many connections to dancing artists." " Jody Oberfelder, Artistic Director of Jody Oberfelder Projects.
DANCE NEWS: Rennie Harris University Nurtures Next Generation of Hip Hop Scholars
In IMPRESSIONS: David Hallberg in Madeline Hollander's "52 Final Bows," a Virtual Presentation by The Shed, "Each bow is a choreographic miniature, craftily spun to elicit yet another sur…
In IMPRESSIONS: Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance's "Plastic Harvest" at Amsterdam Eco/Arts Festival, "The dance dramatizes not just the ubiquity of plastic bags but also our comfort with th…
In IMPRESSIONS: Colleen Thomas' "Light and Desire" at New York Live Arts, "Movement motifs emerge, like when the women repeatedly lie face down on the floor and then catapult themselves u…
In IMPRESSIONS: HOLDTIGHT Company's "What Keeps You Going" at the cell theatre, "In an early vignette, dancers pace a few steps and then swivel. Soon, pathways end behind someone, then in…
In IMPRESSIONS: StylePointe at Dixon Place, "StylePointe choreographers are challenged to work with the designers' themes and translate costume exuberances and restrictions into movement.…
DANCE NEWS: Media Art Xploration Presents MAXlive 2021: THE NEUROVERSE, Produced in Collaboration with New York Live Arts, November 5-7
"H+ | Doorstep DanceMart® is about destigmatizing the feelings of shame or guilt surrounding receiving help and normalizing our responsibility to strengthen community from within." "Yvonn…
In IMPRESSIONS: "Birds of Paradise," an Amazon Original Movie with Diana Silvers, Kristine Frøseth, and Jacqueline Bisset, "Amazon's new streaming film, Birds of Paradise, based on …
Michael Cusumano and his alter ego Madame Olga  spill the tea on their secret obsessions, their favorite neighbourhoods in New York City, and how long it takes for them to get ready befor…
Dancewave's carefully crafted virtual audition platform allows students to audition for up to 60 top US and UK dance programs, saving thousands of dollars in admissions fees and travel ex…
In IMPRESSIONS: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Featuring the World Premiere of Passion Fruit Dance Company's "Trapped" at Prospect Park Bandshell, "For thirty minutes we're on an old-f…
In THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Lori Belilove of the Isadora Duncan Dance Company about Dancing Joy and Duncan's Legacy in the 21st Century, " Why am I here in 2021 doing Duncan? Because…
DANCE NEWS: Gibney Announces 2021-22 Dance In Process (DiP) Resident Artists
POSTCARDS: Accent Dance NYC Celebrates Happy Hispanic Heritage Month with "Regalo Hispánico" on Friday, September 17
In THE LIFE OF DANCE: Memories of Summer Dance in Photos - Urban Sonnets and Garden Fantasies -Mark Morris Dance Group, the Sculptures of Yayoi Kusama, and the Language of Flowers, "…
In  DANCE NEWS: The Bessies Announce Honorees of Lifetime Achievement and Service to the Field of Dance Awards, "The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's pr…
In, IMPRESSIONS: Memories of Summer Dance: Blue Morph Collective's "Metamorphosis Reimagined," Touissant Jeanlouis, says "I happened upon this pop-up performance because of flyers posted aro…
MOVING PEOPLE: Carole Alexis on Overcoming Her Shyness Through Dance, The Importance of Kindness, and Cancelling "Cancel Culture"
In IMPRESSIONS: Summer Dance in NYC, The Battery Dance Festival (Part ll), "Beatrice Capote's solo also represents cultural survival, and triumph over oppression of the most heinous ki…