2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In MOVING PEOPLE: Alicia Graf Mack on Carmen de Lavallade, "Revelations," and Leading the Dance Division at the Juilliard School. Alicia Graf Mack says, "I've tried to live a life…
In IMPRESSIONS: Black Grace at the Joyce Theater, "Gathered in a circle, facing inward, the dancers take up various gestures that will become motifs. Pressing their palms together, they c…
Center for Performance Research Announces 10 Artists-in-Residence For 2020! Find out who they are.
"Some survivors say they gained 'a new lease on life.' I feel differently about that," says Grays. "I never felt as though I started over; I simply continued on the path that I was mea…
In IMPRESSIONS: BalletX's "The Little Prince" at the Joyce Theater, "Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography showcases luscious leg extensions, intertwining pas de deux between all genders, …
In IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre in Balanchine, Bennett & The Beach Boys, "Juxtaposing classical ballet and contemporary social dance may not seem revolutionary today, but when…
In Margie Gillis on her "Rewilding" and its Lincoln Center Premiere with the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance at David H. Koch Theater, Gillis asks the artists to embrace all the vocabu…
David Orr, Founder Of Boston Moving Arts Productions, On Dance's Power To Open The Floodgates Of Emotion
Dance Lab New York (DLNY) Announces New Choreographers & Dancers In Partnership With The Joyce Theater Foundation.
New York City Center Names Lear DeBessonet Next Artistic Director Of Encores!
In Three Shows That Have Helped Me Through Fall 2019, PART 1: "INHERITANCE: A LITANY," "FALLING & LOVING" AND "LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: "This fall dance season three particular shows…
In Three Shows That Have Helped Me Through Fall 2019, PART 1: "INHERITANCE: A LITANY," "FALLING & LOVING" AND "LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: "This fall dance season three particular shows…
In MOVING PEOPLE: Lucy Sexton on the Bessies, the Factress, and Her Favorite Artist of All Time, she says in response to question, What event (dance-related or not) has transformed you? ,Â�…
In IMPRESSIONS: Kyle Abraham's A.I.M at the Joyce Theater with Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Trisha Brown, "Ranging from introspective to sensual to playful, the spectrum of Abraham's artisti…
In IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre's The Masters Program with George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, and Alexei Ratmansky, "One mark of a great choreographer is that he or she is able to make …
Nicole Wolcott calls out the "insidious absurdity of airports" and discusses what led to creating "Luggage Lost," which premieres at Triskelion Arts this November 1-2, 2019.
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham Program " David H. Koch Theater: "In a time when fashion dictates adding technology and special effects to works…
In IMPRESSIONS: Teac Damsa's "Swan Lake/Loch na hEala" at BAM Harvey, "A 75-minute work of Irish tanztheater, Teac Damsa's Loch na hEala manages the impossible by being radical yet famili…
Connor Walsh, Karina González & Yuriko Kajiya On Dancing Houston Ballet's 50th Anniversary Season At New York City Center.
In IMPRESSIONS: Monica Bill Barnes & Company's "Days Go By" at Brookfield Place, "Soon, the separation between performer and non-performer becomes clear. Walking patterns develop into…
92Y to Unveil "Excercizes for the Dance," A Handwritten Isadora Duncan Manuscript!
In IMPRESSIONS: William Forsythe's "A Quiet Evening of Dance" at The Shed, "Because it's Forsythe, there's a lot to see. What you see " and why you see it " may reflect your dancing histo…
In Remembrances of the Cuban Icon, Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso, "In 1942, as a young dancer with American Ballet Theatre, she suffered a detached retina. Though nearly blind, she never …
This November, choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh brings her latest work Staging Schiele to Southbank Centre where Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, now in its 30th year, is an Associate Compan…
In IMPRESSIONS: John Kelly's "Underneath the Skin" at NYU Skirball, "Kelly's subject is an unapologetically gay man named Samuel Morris Steward (1909-1993), who did not seek out doom, but…