2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"I'm interested in the responsibility of questioning Duncan's work. I don't think the dances will be lost. Many people have felt the responsibility and passed them on in their own way.Â�…
"Whew, I'm exhausted in the best way. Ready for more? I am! Stay tuned for Winter in Brief, Part 2, featuring even more from the January festival season. Happy dancegoing, everyone!" " Sa…
"I think that, in a way, I have been charged with always bringing the Black perspective to the front of my work. My mother was heavily involved in social activism, Black identity [...] And t…
"Everything that we are as an organization now " we have this repertory company with nine really amazing dancers that does work by choreographers that I've admired my whole career, we have t…
"The ballet has a two-dimensional, Pop Art-feel to it, with a Minimalist touch." " Ann Moradian, Paris
"...with social media, there's so much visibility for our communities, but it's in very small, 30 second clips on YouTube. And so the visibility is very accessible, but in a way that is comm…
"Das Rauschgift, the latest collaboration from Brooklyn-based dance-theatre duo Travis Amiel and Cosimo Pori (aka Das Besties) is a playful, exuberant, and ultimately tender tale about the t…
"At the intimate Triskelion Arts, Split Bill #47 presented two solos, works by Cristina Moya-Palacios and Ariana Speight, which spoke of identity, reflection, and memory." " Kristen Hedberg,…
"The work's pervasive darkness seems only to deepen under Eliza Alexandropoulou's masterfully architectural lighting, which draws the eye through the space with evanescent glows and directio…
In Of Dishes and Dreams, Keerati Jinakunwiphat finds the steady heartbeat that thrums beneath the bustle of restaurant life: one of rhythm, care, and community. Jinakunwiphat's first even…
"With its hints at rave culture, a quartet of tuxedo-clad onstage musicians
supplying a pulsating score of Middle Eastern folk-flavored, electronic rock music, and 13
dancers dazzlingly outf…
"Two insightful programs at the Guggenheim Museum on Manhattan's Upper East Side featured a behind-the-scenes look at two American treasures: Dance Theatre of Harlem andÂ�…
After decades of scandalous neglect, the late American choreographer Gerald Arpino (1923-2008) is at last receiving his due, in a two-week festival devoted to his works, September 30 to Octo…
"It's wonderful to see people fully exploring the space, exploring their bodies, and connecting with other people virtually who were strangers to them. I think that's what's pretty incredibl…
"We believe that art reflects life, and if we can cast our members not just in disabled roles, but any role, we're flipping the cannon on its head. And then we're also forcing society to see…
Dambudzo is a commission of Wiener Festwochen and Festival d'Automne à Paris, produced by nora chipaumire and developed in residency with Callie's Berlin. Â
"Unlike the other works on the program, where precision and placement are of utmost importance,"Foreseeable Future" (Jamar Roberts) feels more fluid, more internal, and elusive." Deirdre …
"Freelance dancers in New York are like any chorus line on Broadway: They don't get credit and yet they hold down the fort. " Wendy Perron, New YorkÂ
"The rehearsal, on September 24, offered tantalizing glimpses of the work-in-progress, along with commentary by Boykin and her musical collaborator, Christopher Rountree." - Robert Joh…
Katherine Maxwell, Artistic Director of Hivewild, is not one to shy away from the value of human connection. "with your sweet fragrance," her evening-length work at New York Live Arts, prese…
"His "Movement on movement," a 45-minute lecture-performance based on William Forsythe's "Improvisational Technologies," unfolds as an extended exercise in simultaneous mental and physical a…
'Being in the house for such a diverse range of dance encourages one to reflect on their tastes " what appeals, what doesn't, and why. What I relearned about myself is that I find the most s…
"Being in the house for such a diverse range of dance encourages one to reflect on their tastes " what appeals, what doesn't, and why. What I relearned about myself is that I find the most s…
"Though performed brilliantly by the company's top-drawer dancers, alas, the two 2025 works book-ending the program proved less compelling choreographically than the small dances nestled bet…
"The Erasing Borders Dance Festival shines a light on the world of Indian dance, introducing celebrated artists from the motherland and bringing others less well known from the far corners o…