2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In IMPRESSIONS: The Ninth Annual WestFest Top Floor at Westbeth Artists Housing, "Within this colorful collage, every style from lyrical to theatrical had its moment. Creating clear an…
In Day in the Life of Dance: Behind the Byline " Henning Rübsam on Writing for The Dance Enthusiast, Behind the Byline highlights one our most important assets " our contributors. Get to kn…
In Jody Oberfelder's "Madame Ovary," at The Flea Theater NYC, Oberfelder says,"Madame Ovary celebrates coming as you are, whoever you are, in your body. That includes a seasoned …
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's Spring Season " Week Two, "It is the commitment the dancers bring to the Bartok Ballet's material that keeps the dance alive, at least through the f…
In A Postcard from Miriam Barbosa about her dancer daughter's 200 pairs of pointe shoes, "The idea of $100Â per pair of pointe shoes was a huge addition to my monthly bills considering tha…
Miss America, Nia Imani Franklin, Receives An Arts Education Award At Mark DeGarmo's Annual Dance for Dance Gala.
In Elisa Monte Dance on its 38th Season at The Flea Theater, "The program will feature a world premiere of And Then They Were, an excerpt from a work in progress entitled H.E.R., and a so…
In IMPRESSIONS: New Dance Ireland: Choreographers of Nowness, "Guest curated by choreographer and writer John Scott, this program examines the ways in which Irish identity impacts dances …
In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's Spring 2019 Season " Week One, "The strongest work in these 21st century evenings happens to be the 20th century outlier Herman Schmerman, created i…
In Juan de las Brujas " A New Documentary by Andrew Houchens at the Montclair Film Festival, "Dynamic animation (by May Kindred-Boothby) illustrates the narration and shows dancers in act…
Aakash Odedra's #JeSuis Spring Tour Dates In The UK. Learn about the award-winning work (2017 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award).
In DANCING WITH HISTORY IN SPACETIME: Martha Graham Dance Company at The Joyce Theater and Stephen Petronio Company at Skirball Center:Â " Working and reworking their data, toiling away i…
In Day in the Life of Dance: Behind the Byline " Melanie Greene on Writing for The Dance Enthusiast " Behind the Byline highlights one our most important assets " our contributors. Get…
Jen Roit of Armada Dance says that Armada Vignettes acts as "windows into my company and my world."Â
In IMPRESSIONS: Karole Armitage's "You Took a Part of Me" at the Japan Society, "Despite her sentiment of unknowing, aspects of comprehension is clear, leading the viewer to wonder how ar…
Bryant Park Dance Party With FREE Interactive Instruction & Live Music Starting May 1 Through June 7, 2019.
Monique Martin, Director of Programming at Harlem Stages says, "The show isn't so much about hip-hop dance, as it is about hip-hop culture. If you're under the age of 60, you've been impa…
In IMPRESSIONS: YULàat The Directors' Guild of America as part of the Havana Film Festival, "The film encompasses all the complexities of family, Cuba, sacrifices made to honor …
In IMPRESSIONS: Stephen Petronio Company at NYU Skirball, "The full company fills the stage, moving in and out of diagonal patterns with driving lines and turns. I am deeply struck by the…
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Anya Clarke and Mitsuko Verdery of MICHIYAYA Dance about the Premiere of "/weÌ„/" at the 14th Street Y, "Because we're together, I do think it creates a se…
In IMPRESSIONS: "Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event" at BAM by the Merce Cunningham Trust, "The 100 solos, then, were not literally "solos," but movement monologues that dancers pe…
In IMPRESSIONS: "Magnum Opus" at Brooklyn Studios for Dance as part of "Oh, Celine," "With a swathe of tulle worn like a Miss America sash, flowers strewn through her hair, Celine dances …
In IMPRESSIONS: Natalia Osipova's "Pure Dance" with David Hallberg at New York City Center, "The famous duet in which a woman meditates on happier times of her life is layered with the no…
In IMPRESSIONS: Netta Yerushalmy's "Paramodernities" at New York Live Arts, "A move with outstretched arms and an upward gaze in the context of Ailey's work might portray an oppressed people…
Ann Reinking & Ben Vereen to Host the Chita Rivera Awards on May 19 at NYU Skirball Center.