2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
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…
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…
